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The  Friday  Club 


INCORPORATION,  BY-LAWS,  ROLL  OF 
MEMBERS,  LISTS  OF  OFFICERS  AND 
COMMITTEES  AND  SCHEMES  OF  EXER- 
CISES, FROM  ITS  ORGANIZATION, 
MARCH  4,  1887 


CHICAGO,    1907 


State  of  Illinois,  |   ^^^ 

County  of  Cooky         J 
The  Ho7iorahle  I.  N.  Pearson, 

Secretary  of  State : 

The  Undersigned,  citizens  of  the  United 
States,  propose  to  form  a  corporation,  not  for 
pecuniary  profit,  under  the  provisions  of  the  act 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
entitled,  **  An  Act  Concerning  Corporations," 
approved  April  i8th,  A.  D.  1872,  and  make 
the  following  certificate  in  vi^riting  in  reference 
thereto  : 

First :  The  name  of  said  proposed  corpora- 
tion is  "The  Friday  Club." 

Second :  The  object  for  which  it  is  formed  is 
literary  and  artistic  culture. 

Third:  The  management  of  such  proposed 
corporation  shall  be  vested  in  a  Board  of  fourteen 
Managers,  consisiing  of  a  President,  two  Vice- 
Presidents,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  a  Record- 
ing Secretary,  a  Treasurer,  and  an  Executive 
Committee  composed  of  eight  members,  of 
which  Executive  Committee  the  President, 
Vice-Presidents,  Secretaries  and  Treasurer  shall 
be  ex-officio  members,  which  Board  of  Managera 


and  the  officers  composing  the  same  shall  for  the 
first  year  of  the  corporate  existence  be  selected 
by  the  undersigned,  and  for  all  subsequent  years 
be  elected  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the  said  pro- 
posed corporation,  such  annual  meetings  to  be 
held  at  such  places  and  times  as  shall  hereafter 
be  fixed  in  and  by  By-Laws  of  such  proposed 
corporation  hereafter  to  be  adopted. 

Fourth  :  The  following  persons  are  hereby 
selected  as  the  Board  of  Managers  and  officers 
of  said  proposed  corporation  for  the  first  year  of 
its  corporate  existence  : 

Mrs.  William  A.  Otis,  President 

,,.„.,  f  Miss  Alice  M.  Miller, 

Fice- Presidents,      1    ,,      ,^       ^ 

(  Miss  May  Cramer. 

Recording  Sec'y,         Mrs.  Charles  A.  Street. 

Corresponding  Sec'y,  Miss  H.  K.  French. 

Treasurer^  Miss  A.  E.  Isham. 

Executive  Committee  : 

Miss  Frederika  Skinner. 
Miss  Emma  C.  Kellogg. 
Mrs.  Ambrose  Cramer. 
Miss  Katharine  Porter. 
Mrs.  Dunlap  Smith. 
Miss  S.  F.  Cowles. 
Miss  Bertha  Ray. 
Miss  Elizabeth  W.  Towner. 


Fifth  :  The  location  of  said  proposed  corpor- 
ation is  in  the  of  City  Chicago,  Cook  County, 
Illinois. 

Mrs.   William  A.   Otis. 

May  Cramer. 

Mrs.   Charles  A.    Street. 

A.    E.    ISHAM. 


State  of  Illinois,  ) 

I  ss. 
County  of  Cook.        j 

I,  Cyrus  Bentley,  Notary  Public  in  and  for 
said  County  and  State,  do  hereby  certify  that 
Mrs.  William  A.  Otis,  May  Cramer,  Mrs. 
Chas.  A.  Street  and  A.  E.  Isham,  to  me  person- 
ally known  to  be  the  same  persons  who  execu- 
ted the  foregoing  certificate,  appeared  before  me 
this  day  in  person  and  severally  acknowledged 
that  they  executed  the  same  for  the  purpose 
therein  set  forth. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set 
my  hand  and  Notarial  Seal  this  20th  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1890. 

[Seal.]  Cyrus  Bentley, 

Notary   Public. 


INCORPORATION. 

State  of  Illinois,   Department  of  State. 
Isaac  N.   Pearson,  Secretary  of  State. 

To  all  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come — 
Greeting: 

Whereas;  A  Certificate,  duly  signed  and 
acknowledged,  having  been  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  Secretary  of  State  on  the  24th  day  of  Nov- 
ember, A.D.  1890,  for  the  organization  of 
**The  Friday  Club,"  under  and  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  **An  Act  Concering  Cor- 
porations," approved  April  1 8th,  1872,  and  in 
force  July  ist,  1872,  a  copy  of  which  certificate 
is  hereto  attached;  now,  therefore,  I,  Isaac 
N.  Pearson,  Secretary  of  State  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  by  virtue  of  the  powers  and  duties 
vested  in  me  by  law,  do  hereby  certify  that  the 
said  **The  Friday  Club"  is  a  legally  organized 
corporation  under  the  laws  of  this  State. 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  hereto  set  my  hand 
and  cause  to  be  affixed  the  Great  Seal  of 
State.  Done  at  the  City  of  Springfield,  this 
twenty-fourth  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  nine- 
ty, and  of  the  independence  of  the  United 
States  the  one  hundred  and  fifteenth. 

I.   N.    Pearson,   Secretary  of  State. 

State  of  Illinois,        ) 

I  ss. 
County  of  Cook.      j 

No.  1,385,841. 
Filed  for  record  December    loth,    1890,   at 
10  o'clock  a.  m.,  and  recorded  in   Book   380! 
Corporation  Records,  page  295. 

John  Stephen,    Recorder. 


BY-LAWS. 


ARTICLE  L 

BOARD    OF    MANAGERS. 

Section  i  .  The  Board  of  Managers  of  this 
Club  shall  consist  of  six  officers:  the  President, 
two  Vice-Presidents,  Recording  Secretary,  Cor- 
responding Secretary,  and  Treasurer,  and  an 
Executive  Committee  of  eight  members  (Chair- 
men of  the  four  standing  committees,  and  four 
members  at  large),  all  to  be  elected  at  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Club.  No  member  shall 
be  eligible  to  serve  in  the  same  office  for  more 
than  two  consecutive  terms.  Two  members  of 
the  previous  Board  of  Managers  shall  be  re- 
elected each  year. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Presi- 
dent to  preside  at  all  meetings.  The  President 
shall  be  ex-officio,  a  member  of  of  all  commit- 
tees. The  Vice-Presidents  in  their  order  shall 
perform  the  duties  of  the  President  in  her  ab- 
sence. 

Sec.  3.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  keep 
a  record  of  every  meeting. 

Sec.  4.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall 
conduct  all  the  correspondence  of  the  Club  that 
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does  not  devolve  upon  the  Treasurer  and  the 
Chairmen  of  the  committees,  and  shall  have 
charge  of  all  printing. 

Sec.  5.  The  Treasurer  shall  have  charge  of 
all  funds  belonging  to  the  Club,  pay  such  bills 
as  have  been  approved  by  another  member  of 
the  Board  of  Managers,  issue  tickets  of  member- 
ship, receive  the  fees  therefor,  keep  an  account 
of  all  receipts  and  disbursements,  and  report 
monthly  to  the  Board  and  annually  to  the  Club. 

Sec.  6.  The  Board  of  Managers  shall  have 
charge  of  all  business  of  the  Club  and  shall  ap- 
point all  necessary  committees.  Five  members 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  except  for  the  election 
of  new^  members  when  the  number  shall  be  seven. 

ARTICLE  II 

COMMITTEES. 

Section,  i  .  The  work  of  the  Club  shall  be 
in  the  hands  of  four  committees:  Literary,  Fine 
Arts,  Miscellaneous  and  Social.  The  Literary, 
Fine  Arts  and  Miscellaneous  Committees  shall  each 
consist  of  a  Chairman  elected  by  the  Club,  and 
four  members  appointed  by  the  Chairman  of 
each  committee.  The  Social  Committee  shall 
consist  of  a  Chairman  elected  by  the  Club  and 
five  members  appointed  by  the  Chairman  of  the 
committee. 

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Sec.  2.  The  Literary,  Fine  Arts  and  Mis- 
cellaneous Committees  sHbH  each  have  charge  of 
four  regular  meetings  in  the  year.  The  remain- 
ing two  meetings  shall  be  arranged  by  the 
Board. 

Sec.  3.  The  Social  Committee  shall  have 
charge  of  the  rooms  and  of  all  social  entertain- 
ments; shall  care  for  the  guest-book  and  regis- 
ter all  visitors. 

Sec.  4.  The  Chairmen  of  the  Literary, 
Fine  Arts,  Miscellaneous  and  Social  Commit- 
tees shall  submit  reports  to  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers at  its  re^uular  meetings,  stating  in  detail 
their  respective  programs  for  the  ensuing  month, 
and  shall  submit  reports  to  the  Club  at  its  an- 
nual meeting. 

Sec  5.  The  Board  shall  have  power  to 
change  the  program  of  any  regular  meeting. 

ARTICLE  in. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section  i.  The  members  of  the  Club  shall 
be  classed  as  follows;  Resident,  Non-resident 
and  Honorary.  Resident  members  shall  be  those 
residing  within  forty  miles  of  the  Court-house, 
and  shall  be  limited  in  number  to  one  hundred 
and  seventy  five.  Non- Resident  members  shall 
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consist  of  former  resident  members  and  shall  not 
hold  office  or  vote  at  any  meeting  of  the  Club. 
Any  non-resident  member  shall,  upon  applica- 
tion, be  reinstated  in  regular  membership  with- 
out re-election,  even  though  the  membership  be 
flill.  The  number  of  Honorary  and  Non-resid- 
ent members  shall  not  be  limited. 

Sec.  2.  An  initiation  fee  of  ten  dollars 
($io)  shall  be  paid  upon  acceptance  of  mem- 
bership. The  annual  dues  of  non-resident  mem- 
bers shall  be  one  dollar  (  $  i  ) ;  of  resident  mem- 
bers, ten  dollars  ($io)  payable  in  advance, 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Club,  or  within 
thirty  days  thereafter.  The  dues  for  members 
joining  after  February  1st  shall  be  one-half  the 
dues  for  the  year.  Membership  may  be  term- 
inated by  voluntary  resignation,  or  forfeited  by 
failure  to  pay  dues  within  thirty  days  after  the 
annual  meeting. 

Sec.  3.  No  member  shall  be  permitted  to 
vote  at  the  annual  meeting  unless  her  dues  have 
been  paid  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Sec.  4.  Names  of  candidates  for  member- 
ship shall  be  proposed  in  writing  by  a  member 
of  not  less  than  one  year's  standing,  and  en- 
dorsed by  two  other  members  of  not  less  than 
one  year's  standing.  Applications  for  member- 
ship shall  be  submitted  to  the  Board  at  any  reg- 

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ular  meeting,  and  shall  be  acted  upon  in  their 
order  at  the  next  regular  meeting.  During  the 
Club  year  a  member  may  propose  one  candidate 
and  endorse  one  candidate  for  membership. 
The  application  shall  state  on  the  blank  form, 
furnished  by  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  the 
name  of  the  candidate,  her  residence  and  quali- 
fications for  membership  in  the  Club.  A  candi- 
date failing  of  election  cannot  be  proposed  again 
the  same  year.  In  accepting  membership,  a 
candidate  pledges  herself  to  take  active  part  in 
the  work  of  the  Club. 

Sec.  5.  No  member  of  the  Board  shall  have 
the  powder  to  propose  or  endorse  candidates  for 
membership. 

Sec.  6.  In  balloting  for  new  members  seven 
shall  constitute  a  quorum.  Blanks  shall  not  be 
cast.      Two  negatives  shall  defeat  an  election. 

ARTICLE  IV. 


SECTION.  1.  The  annual  meeting  of  the 
Club  shall  be  held  on  the  second  Friday  in  April 
at  1 1  A.  M.,  except  when  the  date  falls  upon 
Good  Friday  when  the  time  of  meeting  shall  be 
set  by  the  Board  of  Managers.  The  retiring 
Board  shall  hold  office  until  after  the  May  meet- 
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img  of  the  Club,  and  the  new  officers  and  com- 
mittees shall  proceed  immediately  upon  election 
to  the  arrangement  of  the  next  year's  work. 

Sec.  2.  The  order  of  business  at  the  annual 
meeting  shall  be  as  follows: 

1 .  Payment  of  annual  dues. 

2.  Reports  from  the  officers  of  the  past  year 
in  their  order. 

3.  Election  of  members  of  the  Board  of 
Managers. 

4.  Miscellaneous  business. 

5.  Reading  of  minutes  of  the  meeting. 

Sec.  3.  Twenty-one  members  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum  to  transact  business,  but  a  less 
number  shall  have  power  to  adjourn  from  time 
to  time. 

Sec.  4.  The  Club  shall  adjourn  after  the 
May  meeting  to  the  third  Friday  in  October. 

Sec.  5.  The  Board  of  Managers  shall  meet 
at  10:30  A.  M.  on  the  2nd  Friday  of  every 
month,  excepting  April,  when  it  shall  meet  on 
the  1st  Thursday,  There  shall  be  no  meetings 
during  July,  August  and  September.  Special 
meetings  may  be  called  by  the  President,  and 
shall  be  called  by  her  at  the  request  of  three 
members  of  the  Board.  Two  unexplained  ab- 
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sences  of  a  member  from  consecutive  meetings  of 
the  Board  shall  constitute  a  resignation. 

Sec.  6.  The  order  of  business  at  all  regular 
meetings  of  the  Board  shall  be  as  follows: 

1 .  Reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  previous 
meeting. 

2.  Reports  of  the  Secretaries  and  Treasurer. 

3.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

4.  Unfinished  business. 

5.  Miscellaneous  business. 

Sec.  7.  The  regular  meetings  of  the  Club 
squll  be  held  at  1 1  a.  m.  on  the  first  and  third 
Fridays  of  the  month. 

Skc.  8.  The  order  of  business  for  the  regu- 
lar meetings  of  the  Club  sh  .11  be  as  follows: 

1.  The  President  shall  call  the  meeting  to 
order. 

2.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  read  the 
report  of  the  last  meeting. 

3.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  re- 
port any  matter  of  interest  in  her  department. 

4.  The  President  shall  announce  the  topic 
for  the  next  regular  meeting. 

5.  Miscellaneous  business. 

6.  The  President  shall  announce  the  pro- 
gram for  the  day. 

Sec.    9.      Other  meetings  may  be  held  during 
the   year    as  thought    advisable    by    the    Board. 
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Open  meetings  shall  be  held,  one  in  February 
and  one  in  May,  to  which  each  member  may 
bring  one  resident  guest.  The  Board  may  in- 
vite guests  at  its  discretion  to  any  of  the  regular 
or  open  meetings  of  the  Club. 

S':c.  lo.  At  regular  meetings  the  essayist 
may  invite  six  guests;  other  members  may  each 
invite  one  non-resident  guest.  Persons  living 
within  forty  miles  of  the  Court-house  shall  be 
considered  residents.  Any  member  inviting  a 
guest  shall  supply  the  latter  with  a  card,  bearing 
her  own  name,  that  of  her  visitor,  and  date  of 
meeting.  This  card  shall  be  presented  at  the 
door. 

Sec.  1 1 .  Rules  of  order  shall  be  those  of 
Roberts'  Manual. 

ARTICLE  V. 


Section  i  .  Before  the  annual  meeting  the 
President  shall  appoint  a  committee  of  five  to  act 
as  a  Nominating  Committee.  This  commiittee 
shall  prepare  a  list  of  Officers  and  members  of  the 
Executive  Committee  for  the  ensuing  year  and 
shall  present  it  to  the  Club  for  consideration  on 
the  third  Friday  in  March.  In  presenting  this 
ticket  the  Chairman  shall  announce  that  any 
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twenty  members  of  the  Club  desiring  a  second 
ticket  shall  send  their  nominations,  with  their 
signatures,  to  the  Nominating  Committee  by  the 
fourth  Friday  in  March.  The  Committee  shall 
then  prepare  a  ballot  with  one  or  two  tickets  and 
a  blank  under  each  name  and  mail  to  each 
member  of  the  Club,  with  a  proxy  form. 

Sec.  2.  At  the  annual  meeting,  the  Nom- 
inating Committee  shall  provide  a  closed  box  in 
which  ballots  shall  be  deposited,  and  the  Presi- 
dent shall  appoint  three  persons  to  act  as  tellers, 
and  said  tellers  shall  have  charge  of  the  ballot 
box  and  shall  check  off  the  name  of  each  person 
voting  and  the  names  of  all  proxies  and  by 
whom  voted,  and  shall  see  each  ballot  deposited 
singly  in  the  box.  The  ballot  box  shall  be 
open  from  1 1  a.  m.  to  i  :i  5  p.  m.  ;  after  which 
the  polls  shall  be  declared  closed,  and  the  tellers 
shall  proceed  to  count  the  ballots,  and  the  result 
shall  be  announced  as  soon  as  possible  thereafter. 
Candidates  having  received  the  largest  number 
of  votes  for  each  office  respectively  shall  be  de- 
clared elected.  No  member  shall  be  eligible  to 
the  same  office  on  the  Board  for  more  than  two 
consecutive  years. 

Sec.  3.  Official  vacancies  during  the  year 
may  be  filled  by  the  Board  at  any  regular  meet- 
ing. 

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ARTICLE  VI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Section  i  .  The  By-Laws  may  be  amended 
by  the  Board  at  any  regular  Board  meeting  by  a 
two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present,  notice 
of  such  intention  having  been  given  at  a  previous 
Board  meeting  and  having  been  appended  to  the 
call  for  the  meeting.  They  may  also  be  amended 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Club  or  any  ad- 
journed session  thereof,  by  a  majority  vote  with- 
out previous  notification. 

Sec.  2.  Articles  of  association  may  be 
amended  at  any  annual  meeting  ot  the  Club  by 
a  majority  vote  of  the  members  present,  the 
amendments  having  been  proposed  and  approved 
at  a  previous  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers, 
and  notice  of  the  intention  to  amend  having 
been  appended  to  the  call  for  the  meeting. 


LIST  OF  MANAGERS 


SCHEMES  OF  EXERCISES 


1887—1907 


BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1887-1888 
Officers  : 

president  : 

Mrs.  REGINAI.D  DE  KOVEN. 
VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

Mrs.  Henry  Field, 

Mrs.  R.  S.  McCoRMiCK, 

Miss  Emma  C.  Preston, 
Miss  Elizabeth  King. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY: 
Miss  H.  J.  Landon. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY  : 

Miss  E.  \V.  Towner. 

TREASURER: 

Miss  Anita  McCormick. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes, 
Miss  Lilly  V.  Fay, 
Miss  Jenny  L.  King, 
Miss  Edith  Chetlain, 
Miss  May  Henderson, 
Mrs.  Henry  Hooper. 


STANDING  COMMITTEES  1887-1888 

LITERARY  COMMITTEE  : 

Miss  Hannah  K,  French,  Chairman. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Chapin, 
Miss  Emma  C.  Preston, 
Miss  Edith  Cheti,ain, 

Miss  Elizabeth  L.  Shackford, 
Mrs.  William  H.  Hubbard. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Harriet  B.  Hammond,  Chairman. 
Miss  Josephine  Medill, 
Miss  Fannie  Farwell. 

FINANCE  COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Emma  C.  Preston,  Chairman. 
Miss  S.  A.  King, 

Miss  Eva  Kimball. 

ADVISORY  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  Charles  Henrotin, 
Mrs.  Arthur  L,.  Chetlain, 
Mrs.  Charles  B.  FarweLL. 


SCHEME  1887-1888 

Mar.  18.     Provided  by  the  Advisory  Committee. 
Subject :  ' '  Some  Tendencies  of  Mod- 
em Luxury." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Potter  Pai^msr. 
Songs  by  Mr .  Reginald  deKoven. 

Apr.     1 .     Su  bjed  :  ' '  Wordsworth . ' ' 

Papers  by  Miss  Hannah  French 
and  Miss  Ei^izabeth  Chapin. 

Apr.  15.  Subject:  "  Southey  and  Coleridge. " 
Papers  by  Miss  Bi^aTchford  and 
Miss  Preston. 

May     6.     Subject:     '•  Charles  Lamb." 

Paper  by  Miss  Louise  Troost. 

May  20.     Subject :    ' '  Barry   Cornwall   and   his 
Friends." 
Paper  by  Miss  BerTha  Ray, 

June     3.     Provided  by  the  Advisory  Committee. 
Subject :  ' '  History  of  Society  at  Our 
National  Capital." 
Paper     by    Mrs.    Reginald  de 

KOVEN. 

Oct.   21.     Providedby  the  Advisory  Committee. 

Subject :  "  True  Spirit  of  Etiquette." 

Paper  hy  Mrs.  J.  Young  Scammon. 

Nov.    4.     Subject:  "  Shelley  and  Keats  " 

Paper  by  Miss  May  Henderson. 

Nov.  18.     Subject:    "Afternoon   with  the  Re- 
viewers." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  J.  V.  Farwell,  Jr. 

Dec.     2.     Subject:  "  Robert  Burns." 

Paper  by  Miss  Martha  Wells. 


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Dec.  16.     Providedby  the  Advisory  Committee. 
An  Afternoon  Tea. 
Songs,  Mr.  Reginai^d  deKoven, 
and  Miss  Kei^LHIY. 
Piano,   Mrs.    Lavling    and    Miss 
Sprague. 
Jan.      6.     Subject:  "Lord  Byron  and  Thomas 
Moore." 

Paper  by  Miss  S.  A.  King, 
Jan.    20.     Subject:    "Walter  Scott,   Poet   and 
Novelist. ' ' 

Paper  by  Miss  Amie  S. Carpenter. 
Feb.     3.     Subject:    "Women  Writers    of  this 
Period." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Chester  M  Dawes. 
Feb.  17.     Subject  \  '•  Frances  Burney." 

Paper  by  Miss  E.  L.  ShackFORD. 
First  Annual  Meeting. 
Subject :  ' '  Jane  Austen . ' ' 

Paper  by  Miss  R.  C.  Larrabee. 
Subject :  * '  Mary  Somerville. ' ' 
Paper  by  Miss  L.  S.  Hunt. 
Subject:  "  Charles  Dickens." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  A.  F.  Ferry. 
Subject :  * '  Thackeray. ' ' 

Paper  by  Miss  M   S.  HiLi,. 
Business  Meeting. 


Mar. 

2. 

Mar. 

16. 

Apr. 

6. 

Apr. 

29. 

May 

4. 

May 

18. 

May  27.     Evening  Meeting. 

Readings    from   Shelley   and    Keats 

by  Mr.  Wii^liam  Pardridge. 

Songs    by   Mr     Donald   de  Verk 

Graham. 

Held  at  the  residence  of   Mrs.  C.  B. 

Far  well,  99  Pearson  Street. 


BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1888-1889 
Officers  : 

PRESIDENT  : 
Mrs.  Regiinai^d  deKoven 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  Wii^iviAM  H.  Hubbard 

2d,  Miss  Martha  WellS 

RECORDING  SECRETARY : 

Miss  Amy  Bi^atchford 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY : 

Miss  E.  W.  Towner 

TREASURER : 

Miss  Katharine  Porter 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes, 
Mrs.  J.  V.  Farwei.1.,  Jr., 
Mrs.  DUNI.AP  Smith, 
Miss  Euzabeth  King, 
Miss  May  Cramer, 

Miss  E.  L.  Shackford, 
Miss  Hei,en  NEWEI.L, 

Miss  Dora  Seeberger. 


Standing  Committees  1888-1889 

literary  committee: 
Miss  Hannah  French,  Chairman; 
Miss  E.  L.  Chapin, 

Miss  K.  Iv.  Shackford, 
Miss  R.  C.  Larrabee, 
Miss  Bonnie  Withrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS   COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  A.  F.  Ferry,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  LiLivY  V.  Fay, 

Mrs.  W11.1.1AM  Waller, 
Miss  B.  W.  Whitney, 

Miss  Fredertka  Skinnek. 

PRINTING   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Amie  S.  Carpenter,  Chairman; 
Mrs.  Arthur  C.  Ely, 
Miss  E.  W.  Towner, 

FINANCE   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Elizabeth  King,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  L.  S.  Hunt, 

Mrs.  RuThven  Deane. 


SCHEME  1888-1889 

Provided  by  the  Literary  Committee  : 

Oct.  19.     Subject:     "The  Bronte  Sisters." 

Paper  by  Miss  Bonnie  Withrow. 

Nov.  16.     Subject:     "Greek    Lyric    Poets    and 
Poetry." 
Paper  by   Miss  Caroi.ine  Kirk- 

I.AND. 

Dec.  21.     Subject:     "The  Dawn   of  Poetry  in 
the     Middle     Ages.         Trouv^res 
and  Troubadores." 
Poper  by  Miss  Maud  Martin. 

Jan.   18.     Subject:     "Die  MeistersSnger.    Hans 
Sachs,  the  Cobbler  Poet." 
Paper  by  Miss  Dora  Seeberger. 

Feb.  15.     Subject:     "The    Lessing    Period    in 
German  Literature." 
Paper  by  Miss  Edith  Cheti,ain. 

Mar.  15.    Subject:     "The  Age  of  Louis  XIV." 
Paper  by  Miss  E.  W.  Towner. 

Apr.  26.     Subject:     "Madame  de  Stael  and  the 
French  Salon." 
Paper  by  Miss  HEI.BN  Mii,i,ER. 


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Provided  by  the  Miscellaneous  Committee  : 

Nov.    2.     Subjects:     "A  Trip  to  Alaska." 

Paper  hy  Miss  Kathkrine  Isham. 

"Mexico  To-day." 

Paper  by  Miss  HEI.EN  Neweli^. 

Dec.    7.     Subject:     "The  Ideal  and  the  Real. 
Their  Influence  on   Human  Hap- 
piness." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  B.  M.  JEWEIT. 

Jan,     4.     Subject:     "Bad  Habits  of  Good  So- 
ciety." 
Paper  by  Miss  Anita  McCormick. 

Feb.     1.     Subject:     "Architecture  of  High  Re- 
nascence." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  A.  F.  Ferry. 

Mar.    1.     Subject:    "David    Garrick    and    the 
Stage  in  His  Time.  ' 
Paper  by  Mrs.  F.  A.  Dei^ano. 

Apr.     5.     Subject:     "Wagner  and   His  School 
of  Music." 

Paper  by  Miss  Mary  L,.  Roberts. 
Informal  Talk  by  Miss  Fay. 

May    3.    Subject:     "Art  of  Conversation." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Cyrus  Benti^ey,  Jr. 
Read  by  Mrs.  J.  V.  Farweli.,  Jr. 


BOARD   OF   MANAGERS   1889-1890 
Officers  : 

PRESIDENT : 

Miss  Frederika  Skinner 

VICE-PRESIDENTS : 

1st,  Mrs.  William  H.  Hubbard, 

2d,  Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes. 

RECORDING   SECRETARY: 

Miss  Rosalind  C.  Larrabee. 

CORRESPONDING   SECRETARY: 

Miss  Amie  S.  Carpenter. 

TREASURER: 

Mrs.  Cyrus  Hall  McCormick. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE : 

Mrs.  Reginald  de  Kqven, 
Mrs.  J.  V.  Farwell,  Jr., 
Mrs.  Cyrus  Bkntley,  Jr., 
Mrs.  William  A.  Otis, 
Miss  May  Cramer, 
Miss  E.  W.  Towner, 
Miss  Martha  Wells, 
Miss  S.  F.  CowLES. 


Standing  Committees  1889-1890 

literary  committee: 

Mrs.  WiLi^iAM  A.  Otis,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  Hannah  French, 

Mrs.  Reginai^d  de  Koven, 
Miss  Alice  Miller, 
Mrs.  lyouis  E.  IvAFlin. 


MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE ; 

Mrs.  A.  F.  Ferry,  Chairman ; 
Mrs.  Cyrus  Bentley,  Jr., 
Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith, 

Miss  Nellie  Carpenter, 
Miss  C.  Kirkland. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Amie  S.  Carpenter,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  K.  W.  Towner, 
Miss  Helen  Newell. 


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SCHEME  1889-1890 

Provided  by  the  Literary  Committee  : 

Oct.   18.     Subject:    "Books  in  Puritan  Homes." 
Paper  by  Miss  E.  P.  Head. 

Nov.  15.     Subject:     "Washington  Irving." 

Paper  by  Miss  E  W.  Whitnby. 

Dec.  20.     Subject:     "The  Prophets  of  Our  Na- 
tion." 
Paper  by  Miss  lyOUiSE  KlRKl,AND. 

Jan.    17.     Subject:     "Hawthorne  and  the  Blithe- 
dale  Romance." 
Paper  by  Miss  A.  M.  MiLtER. 

Feb,  21.     Subject:     "Emerson." 

Paper  by  Miss  Jennie  Dow. 

Mar.  21.     Subject:     "An  Afternoon  with  Long- 
fellow and  Cambridge." 
Papers    by    Miss    Marguerite 
Walker  and  Miss  Rose  Fay. 

Apr.  18.     Subject:     "Dr.  Holmes  and  the   At- 
lantic Monthly." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Hubbard. 


Provided  by  the  Miscellaneous  Committee: 

Nov.    1.     Subject:     "Caste    Differences    in 
America." 
Paper  by  Miss  A   M.  Miller. 

Dec.     6.     Subject:     "Is  Patriotism  Obsolete?" 
Paper  by  Miss  A.  E.  Isham. 

Jan.     3.     Subject:     "Effects    of    the    Arts    on 
Morals." 
Paper  by  Miss  H.  K.  French. 

Feb.    7.     Subject:   "American Characteristics." 
Papers  by 
Miss  Kelly>  "Anglomania. " 
Miss  Wells,  "Foreigners'  Ideas  of  America." 
Miss  Cramer,   "Self-respect  of  Americans." 
Miss  Carpenter,    "A   Glance   at  America's 

Great  Men." 
Mrs.  WiLMERDiNG,  "American  Women" 
Miss  C.  Kirk  LAND,   "The  American  Press." 

May    7.     Subject:     "Woman  in  the  Nineteenth 
Century. ' ' 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Ambrose  Cramer  > 
"The  Conservative  Standpoint." 
Paper  by  Miss  Edith  Cask, 
"A  Progressive  View." 

Apr.  11.     Subject:     "Hypnotism." 

Papers    by   Mrs.    Dunlap   Smith 
and  Dr.  Bryan. 

May    2.     Subject:     "Heroines  of  Charity." 

Paper  by  Miss  F.  M.  Blatchford. 


BOARD   OF   MANAGERS   1890-1891 

Officers  : 

president: 
Mrs.  Wii^LiAM  A.  Otis. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS : 
1st,  Miss  A1.ICE  M.  M1LI.ER. 

2d,  Miss  May  Cramer. 

RECORDING   SECRETARY: 

Mrs.  Ch ARISES  A.  Street. 

CORRESPONDING   SECRETARY  : 

Miss  H.  K.  French. 

TREASURER : 
Miss  A.  E.  ISHAM. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Frederika  Skinner, 
Miss  Emma  C.  Kei.i,ogg, 
Mrs.  Ambrose  Cramer, 
Miss  E.  W.  Towner, 
Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith, 
Miss  S.  F.  CowivES, 
Miss  Bertha  Ray, 
Miss  Katharine  Porter. 


STANDING  Committees  1890-1891 

LITERARY  COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Caroline  Kirki^and,  Chairman ; 
Miss  Dora  Seeberger, 
Miss  Maud  Martin, 
Miss  E.  P.  Head, 
Miss  Bertha  Ray. 


MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE ; 

Miss  Ei/iZABETH  SpraguE,  Chairman 
Miss  Bmzabeth  Skinner, 
Miss  Grace  E.  Fdrness, 
Mrs.  F.  S.  Peabody, 
Miss  S.  F.  CowLES. 


PRINTING  COMMITTEE; 

Miss  H.  K.  French,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  A.  S.  Carpenter, 
Miss  Bonnie  Withrow. 


SCHEME  1890-1891 

Provided  by  the  Literary  Committee  : 

Oct.  17.     Subject:     "Montesquieu     and     Vol- 
taire." 
Paper  by  Miss  Maud  Martin. 

Nov.  21.     Subject:     "The  Encyclopaedists." 

Paper    by    Miss   Roxana  WenT- 

WORTH. 

Dec.  19.  Subject:  "Jean  Jacques  Rousseau." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Chas.  Henrotin. 

Jan.  16.  Subject:  "The  Pre  -  Revolutionary 
Salons." 

Paper  by  Miss  Josephine  Medill. 
Read  by  Miss  Kirki.and. 

Feb.  20.     Subject:     "Some    Victims    of  the 
French  Revolution. ' ' 
Paper  by  Miss  Frederika  Skin- 
ner. 

Mar.  20.     Subject:     "Thomas  Paine. " 

Paper  by  Miss  Grace  E.  Furness. 

Apr.  17.  Subject:  "English  and  German  Sym- 
pathizers with  the  French  Rev- 
olution." 

Papers  by  Miss  Harriet  Isham 
and  Miss  Katharine  Head. 


Provided  by  the  Miscellaneous  Committee  : 

Nov.    7.     Subject:     "Hull  House  and  the  Toy n- 
bee  Hall  Movement." 
Paper  by  Miss  Bejrtha  Ray. 

Dec.   5.     Subject:     "The  Growth  and  Effect  of 
the  Magazine." 
Paper  by  Miss  Mary  D.  Sturges. 

Jan.    2.     Subject:     "Book   Illuminating  and 
Kxtra  Book  Illustrating." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  S.  F.  Peabody. 
Read  by  Miss  McAvoy. 

Feb.    6.     Subject:    The  Effect  of   the   French 

Revolution  on  Music." 

Paper     by      Miss     Elizabeth 

Sprague. 
Mar.  6.     Subject:     'Court  Fools." 

Paper  by  Miss  J.  L.  Kino. 

Apr.   3.     Subject:     "American  Art  in  Paris." 
Paper  by  Mrs  Henry  J.  Wii,i,ing. 
Read  by  Miss  Kirki^and. 

May   1.     Subject:     "Literary  Fads." 

Paper  bv  Miss  Jui<ia  L.  Ray. 


Apr.  10.     Evening  Meeting. 

Subject:     "Literary     Blockade     Run- 
ners." 

Paper  by  Miss  Hili.. 
Songs  by  Miss  CampbelIv. 
Held  at  the  Art  Institute. 


BOARD   OF   MANAGERS   1891-1892 
Officers  : 

president : 
Mrs.  Wii^LiAM  A.  Otis. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Miss  Alice  M.  Miller, 

2d,  Miss  Caroline  Kirkland, 

RECORDING  SECRETARY: 
Miss  Katherine  Isham. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY  : 
Miss  H.  K.  French. 

TREASURER: 

Miss  E.  P.  Head. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE : 

Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith, 

Miss  Emma  C.  Kellogg, 
Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes, 
Miss  Caroline  Griggs, 
Mrs.  H.  A.  DE  WindT, 

Mrs.  Cyrus  Bentley,  Jr. 
Miss  Katharine  Porter, 
Mrs.  Fred'k  T.  West 


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Standing  Committees  1891-1892 

literary  committee: 

Miss  Mary  h.  Roberts,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  Harriet  Trowbridge, 
Miss  Bertha  Ray, 
Miss  M.  S.  Hii^i,, 
Miss  J.  Iv.  King. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE : 

Miss  lyUCY  B.  Monroe,  Chairman  ; 
Mrs.  Ambrose  CramER, 
Mrs  W.  F.  DUMMBR, 
Mrs.  Francis  King, 
Miss  Harriet  Isham. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE: 

Miss  H,  K.  French,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  Katharine  Porter, 
Miss  M.  FuRNESS. 


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SCHEME  1891-1892 

Provided  by  the  Literary  Committee  : 

Oct.  16.     Subject:     "Dante." 

Paper  by  Miss  Ei,izabeth  Skin- 
ner. 
Read  by  Mrs,  Ddni^ap  Smith. 

Nov.  20.     Subject:     "Italy;    the   Land   of    the 
Improvisatori." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Jas.  B.  Waller,  Jr. 

Dec.  18.     Subject:     "Petrarch." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  William  Armour. 

Jan.    15.     Subject:     "Monks  of  San  Marco." 

Paper  by   Mrs.  Leopoldo  Mari- 
OTTI. 

Provided  by  Miss  H.  K.  French. 

Feb.  19.     Subject:     "Manzoni  and  His  Time." 
Paper  by  Miss  E.  P.  Head. 

Mar.  18.     Subject:     "Mazzini     and    the     New 
Italy." 
Paper  by  Miss  H.  Trowbridge. 

Apr.  15.     Subject'.     "Columbus  and  Vespucci." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  A.  F.  FERRY. 


Provided  by  the  Miscellaneous  Committee  : 

Nov.    6      Subject:     "Discourse  on  Tuscan  Poets 
and  Painters." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  LeopoIvDO  Mari- 

OTTI. 

Dec.    4.     Subject:     "The  History  of  Furniture." 
Paper  by  Miss  O.  M.  AntisdKi*. 

Jan.      8      Subject:     "The  Growth  of  the  Son- 
ata."     Illustrated  by  piano  selec- 
tions. 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Francis  King. 

Feb.    5.     Subject:     "Fairy  Tales." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Wii,i,iam  Wai,i,ER. 

Mar.    4.     Subject:     "Secret  Orders  of  the  Mid- 
dle Ages." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  F.  C.  Farwei,!,. 
Read  by  Miss  Harriet  Isham. 

Apr.     1.     Subject:     "William  Blake." 

Paper  by  Miss  Katharine  I^yon. 
Read  by  Miss  Briggs. 

May     7.     Subject;     "Drifting." 

Paper  by  Miss  Emma  C.  PresTon. 
Read  by  Miss  Munkoe. 
Music     by     Mr.     Rosenbecker's 
Quintette. 


BOARD   OF   MANAGERS    1892-1893 
Officers  : 

PRESIDENT : 
Miss  M.  S.  Hill. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS : 

1st.  Miss  Caroline  Kirkland, 

2d,  Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith. 

RECORDING   SECRETARY: 
Mrs.  H.  A.  DE  WiNDT. 

CORRESPONDING   SECRETARY : 

Miss  Marguerite  Walker. 

TREASURER : 

Miss  E.  P.  Head. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE: 
Miss  S  A.  King, 

Miss  Caroline  Griggs, 
Miss  May  Cramer, 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Waller,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Hermon  Butler, 
Miss  Bonnie  With  row, 
Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes, 
Miss  A.  E.  ISHAM. 


Standing  Committees  1892-1893 

LITERARY  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  Victor  C.  Sanborn,  Chairman  ; 
Mrs.  Ambrose  Cramer, 
Miss  Katharine  Head, 
Mrs.  F.  A.  DEI.ANO, 

Mrs.  S1.AS0N  Thompson. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE  : 

Miss  Bonnie  WiThrow,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  F.  M.  Bl^ATCHFORD, 

Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin, 
Mrs.  S.  A.  IvYNDE, 

Mrs.  Henry  Hoopbr. 

PRINTING   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Marguerite  Walker,  Chairman  ; 
Mrs.  Henry  Hooper, 
Miss  Katherine  Jones. 

ROOM   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Eleanor  Ryerson,  Chairman  ; 
Miss  J.  h.  King, 

Mrs.  Wm.  J.  GoUDY. 


SCHEME   FOR  1892-1893 

Provided  by  the  Literary  Committee  : 

Nov.    4.     Subject:     "The    Literary    Spirit    of 
Today." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Wii.i,iam  A.  Otis. 

Nov.  18.     Subject:     "The    Evolution     of     the 
Short  Story." 
Paper  by  Miss  Katharine  Head. 

Dec .  16.     Subject:     '  'The  Decline  of  the  Essay . ' ' 
Paper  by  Mrs.  N.  S.  Davis,  Jr. 

Jan.   20.     Subject:     "Vers  de  Soci^t^." 

Paper  by  Miss  lyUCY  B.  Monroe. 

Feb.     3.     Subject:     "Books  with   a  Purpose." 
Paper  by  Miss  Mary  Howk. 
Short  Talk  by  F.  Marion  Craw- 
ford. 
Held  at  the  Ontario. 

Mar.  17.     Subject:     "Children  in  Literature." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  \V.  W.  AuGUR. 
Read    by   Mrs.    Lawrence  Wii.- 

I,IAMS. 

Apr.  21.     Subject:     "Literary  Comets." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Lindon  W.  Bates. 


Provided  by  the  Miscellaneous  Committee: 

Oct.  28.     Subject:  "  Women  in  Municipal  Gov- 
ernment." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Chas.  HknroTin. 
Informal  Talks  by  Mrs.   Henry 
Wade     Rogers    and    Miss    Ada 
Sweet. 

Musichy^rs.  IvYNDE,  Miss TroosT 
and  Miss  Phili^ips. 
Held  at  the  Marquette  Club. 

Dec.  2.       Subject:     "American    Water    Color 
Artists." 

Paper  by  Miss  Caroline  Griggs. 
Musical  selections  on  the  harp 
and  flute. 

Jan.  6.       Subject:  "Historic  Moments   in   Il- 
linois." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  CM.  Wai^ker. 
"  Personal  Reminiscences." 
Talk  by  Judge  Bi,odgett. 

Feb.  17.     Subject:    "Who  and  What  is  Chris- 
tabel?" 
Paper  hy  Miss  F.  M.  BIvATChford. 

Mar.    3.     Subject:    "The   Dignity  of   House- 
keeping." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Charles  Atkin- 
son. 

Apr.     7.     Subject:  "Historical  Iconoclasts." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  George  Packard. 

May     5.     Subject:  "The  Jew  in  Real  Life  and 
Fiction." 
Paperhy  Mrs.HERMON  B.  BuTler. 

Apr.    14.     Subject:     "What    is    Best    Worth 
Doing  ?" 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Henry  Lloyd. 

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COLUMBIAN  BAZAAR. 

The  Friday  Ci,ub  was  invited  by  Mrs. 
Potter  Palmer  to  organize  a  bazaar  to  raise 
money  for  the  Children's  Building  of  the 
World's  Fair.  For  this  exceptional  time  the 
Club  decided  to  widen  its  doors  so  as  to  admit 
national  loyalty  and  charity,  and  acted  upon 
Mrs.  Palmer's  suggestion,  appointing  an  Aux- 
iliary Committee  of  twelve  members  to  pre- 
pare the  Columbian  Bazaar.  It  was  held  at 
Mrs.  Potter  Palmer's  residence,  December  7, 
8  and  9,  1892.  The  sum  realized  being  more 
than  was  necessary  for  the  completion  of  the 
Children's  Building,  the  Club  voted  the  balance 
to  various  institutions. 


AUXILIARY  COMMITTEE 

CHAIRMAN  : 

Mrs.  James  B.  Wai^i^er,  Jr. 

SECRETARY : 

Mrs.  Nathan  S.  Davis. 
Miss  Jennie  L.  King, 
Mrs.  Ddni,ap  Smith, 

Mrs.  Wii,i.iAM  Wai^ler, 

Mrs.  Stuyvesant  Pkabody, 
Mrs.  Edmund  Burke, 
Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawks, 
Mrs.  Wii,i.iAM  Armour, 
Mrs.  Francis  C.  Farwei^l, 
Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Wilmerding 
Mrs.  George  p.  Fisher. 


RECEIPTS. 

Net  Receipts $35,098.38 

Interest,  etc 208.86       35,305.24 


DISBURSEMENTS. 

Children's  Building $22,000.00 

Illinois  School  of  Agriculture  and 
Manual  Training 7,000.00 

Two  Art  Institute  Scholarships. . . .    4,000.00 

Student's  Fund  Association 3,000.00 

Woman's  Club  Emergency  Asso- 
ciation         305.24     $35,305.24 


BOARD   OF   MANAGERS   1893-1894 
Officers  : 

PRESIDENT: 
Miss  M.  vS.  HiLI,. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Miss  Caroline  Kirki^and, 

2d,  Mrs.  Hermon  B.  Butler. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY: 

Miss  Cora  B.  Williams. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY  : 
Miss  O.   M.   AnTISDEL. 

TREASURER: 
Mrs.  James  B.  Waller,  Jr. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  George  S.  Isham, 
Miss  Katherine  Isham, 
Miss  S.  A.  King, 

Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin, 
Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith, 
Miss  E.  W.  Towner, 
Miss  M.  Walker, 
Mrs.  Russell  Whitman. 


Standing  Committees  1893-1894 

literary  committee: 

Miss  Mary  Howe,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  IviNDON  W.  Bates, 
Mrs.  Robert  HamiIvI,. 
Mrs.  F.  S.  Johnson, 

Miss  Dora  Skbberger. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE  : 

Miss  Margaret  Furness,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  J.  L.  HOUGHTELING, 

Miss  Bonnie  Withrow, 
Mrs.  Jesse  L.  Moss, 
Mrs.  H.  McCoRMiCK. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Cyrus  Hai.Iv  McCormick,  Chairman. 
Miss  NeIvLIE  Carpknter, 
Miss  Kathleen  Heai.y, 
Mrs.  F.  C.  Farwei^L, 
Mrs.  H.  J.  WiiviviNG. 

PRINTING   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  O.  M.  Antisdei-,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Dawes, 

Miss  Marguerite  Wai^ker. 


SCHEME  1893-1894 

Provided  by  the  Literary  Committee  : 

Oct.   20.     Subject:  "Tendencies  of  Religion  in 
Periods  of  Decadence. ' ' 
Paper  hy  Miss  Grace  E.  Furness. 

Nov.  17.     Subject:   "  Historical  Epochs  of  De- 
cadence." 

Paper     by     Mrs.      Arthur      D. 
Wheeler. 

Dec.  15.     Subject:     "Tendencies    of    Art    in 
Periods  of  Decadence." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  V.  K.  Spicer. 

Jan.    19.     Subject:  "Decadence  of  the  Drama." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Duni.ap  Smith. 

Feb.  16.     Subject:  "Tendencies  of  Social  Re- 
lations in  Periods  of  Decadence." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Robert  Hamii,!.. 

Mar,  16.     Subject:  "  French  Influence  on  Mod- 
ern Art." 
Paper  by  Miss  Lucy  B.  Monroe. 

Apr.  20.     Subject:  "  Northern  Lights." 

Paper  by  Miss   Carowne  Kirk- 

IvAND. 


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Provided  by  the  Miscellaneous  Committee  : 

Nev.     3.     ^M^y^*://  "  City  and  Country." 

Paper  by  Miss  Bonnie  WiThrow. 

Dec.     1.     Subject:  "  Whaling— A   Few   Facts, 
Fancies  and  Yarns." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  de;  WindT. 

Jan.     5.     Subject:  "  A  Defence  of  Humor. " 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Ambrose  Cramer. 

Feb.     2.     ^w/^Vc/.-  **  An  Englishwoman's  First 
Impression  of  America." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  H.  McCormick. 
Read  by  Miss  Kirki^and. 

Mar.     2.     Subject  .•  "  A  Comparative  Study  of 
Three  Devils  in  Literature." 
Paper  by  Mrs  Jesse  L.  Moss. 

Apr.     6.     Subject:      "Positive    and    Negative 
Training  of  Children." 
Paper  by  Mrs.   Lawrence  Wii,- 

IvIAMS. 

May  4.  Subject:  '  James MacNeill  Whistler." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Horace  H.  Mar- 
tin. 


Apr.  17.     Evening  Meeting. 

Held  at  the  Richelieu. 


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BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1894-1895 

Officers  : 

president: 

Miss  Caroline  Kirkland. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS : 

1st,  Mrs    H.  B.  Butler, 

2d,  Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith. 

RECORDING   SECRETARY: 

Mrs.  Edmund  Burke. 

CORRESPONDING   SECRETARY : 

Miss  E.  M.  Furness. 

TREASURER : 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Walled,  Jr. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs  Iv.  W.  Bates, 

Mrs.  Ambrose  Cramer, 
Miss  E.  P.  Head, 

Miss  Kathleen  Healy, 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Martin, 
Miss  M.  S.  Hill, 
Miss  J.  L  King, 

Miss  E.  W.  Towner. 


Standing  Committees  1894-1895 

literary  committee: 

Miss  Iv.  B  Monroe,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Jaggard, 
Miss  Frances  Kai,es, 
Mrs.  V.  C.  Sanborn, 
Miss  E.  Skinner. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  S.  A.  IvYNDE,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Herbert  Alward, 
Mrs.  WheaTon  Augur, 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Dawes, 
Miss  L,.  S.  Troost. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  R.  A.  WaIvLER,  Chairman. 
Miss  Edith  HeaIvY, 
Mrs.  Henry  Hooper, 

Mrs.  J.  L.  H0UGHTEI.ING, 
Mrs.  H.  N.  TuTTLE. 

PRINTING   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  E.  M.  FuRNESS,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  V.  K.  Spicer, 

Mrs.   H.  A.  DE  WiNDT. 


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SCHEME  1894-1895 

Provided  by  the  Literary  Committee  : 

some  aspects  of  modern  thought  in 
france  and  england : 

Oct.   19.     Sjibjeci :  "Flaubert  and  his  Succes- 
sors." 

Paper  by  Miss  Maud  Martin. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Sanborn. 

Nov.  19.     Subject  :     "  French     Symbolism    in 

Painting  and  Poetry." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Francis  Sawyer. 
Dec.  21.     Subject:    "The   Art  of   Criticism   in 

France." 

Paperhy  Miss  Frances  Kales. 

Jan.    18.     Subject:  "  Ernest  Renan-" 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Chas.  HenroTin. 

Feb.  15.     Subject:    "Pater    and    the    English 
Essayists." 
Paper  by  Miss  Bertha  Ray. 

Mar.  15.     Subject:     "French    Tendencies    in 
English  Literature." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Edmund  Burke. 

Apr.  19.     Subject:  "George  Meredith  in  Eng- 
lish Fiction." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  V.  C  Sanborn. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Dei^ano. 


Nov.  30.     Farewell   Meeting  in    honor  of   the 
President's  departure  for  Africa. 
Short  Addresses    by    Miss   Kirk- 
LAND,    Miss    F     Skinner,    Mrs. 
Otis,  Miss  Hii^i.. 

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Provided  by  the  Miscellaneous  Committee: 

Nov.    2.     Subject:    "The   Modern   Woman   in 
Recent  Literature." 
Paper  hy  Mrs.  H.  C.  Chatfiei,d. 
Tayi^or. 

Dec.     7.     Subject:   "  Glimpses  of  Spain." 

Paper  by  Miss  Cora  B.  Wii,i<iams. 

Jan.      4.     Subject:     "Public    Opinion    versus 
Law." 
Paper  hy  Mrs.  J.  M.  EwEN. 

Feb.     1.     Subject:  "  Echoes  of  the  Fair." 
"National  Characteristics." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Chas.  A.  STREET. 
"  The  Anthropological, Building. " 
Paper  by  Mrs.  F.  A.  Dei^ano. 
"  The  Midway." 
Paper  by  Mrs'.  R.  A.  Walxer. 
"Woman's  Work." 
Poperhy  Miss  Nixon. 
"Humorous  Incidents  at  the  Fair." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Edmund  Burke. 

Mar.    1.     Subject:      "Bismarck    and   Modern 
Germany." 
Paper  by  Miss  Troost. 

Apr.     5.     Subject:  "  Religious  Myths  " 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Abby  Ferry. 

May     3.     Subject:   "  A  Glimpse  of  Social  Life 
in  Paris." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Besly. 


Apr.  19.     Evening  Meeting. 

Held  at  the  Virginia. 


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BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1895-1896 

Officers  : 

president  : 

Mrs.  H.  B.  BuTivER. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  DuNi^AP  Smith, 

2d,  Mrs.  L.  W.  Bates. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY: 

Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY  : 
Miss  HEAI.Y. 

TREASURER: 

Miss  Cora  B.  Wii.i.iams. 
EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

Mrs.  Ambrose  Cramer, 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Dawes, 
Miss  M.  S.  Hii.1,, 
Miss  J.  L.  King, 
Miss  B.  Withrow, 
Miss  Bertha  Ray, 
Miss  L.  S.  Troost, 
Mrs.  R.  Tyson. 


STANDING  Committees  1895-1896 

LITERARY  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  H.  H.  Martin,  Chairman. 
Miss  J,  K    Cox, 
Mrs.  F.  Fuller, 

Miss  M.  S.  Nixon, 

Mrs.  James  B.  Waller,  Jr. 

MISCELLANEOUS   COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  S.  A.  IvYNDE,  Chairman. 
Miss  F.  M.  Blatchford, 
Mrs.  C.  C.  Curtis, 
Mrs.  F.  A.  Delano, 
Mrs.  W.  WALI.ER. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Rockwell  King,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  ROSWELL  M1LI.ER, 
Miss   IvUCY  RUNNELI^S, 

Mrs.  E.  Iv.  Ryerson, 

Mrs.  Lawrence  Wili-iams. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Healy,  Chairman, 
Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes, 
Miss  Marguerite  Walker. 


SCHEME   1895-1896 

Provided  by  the  Literary  Committee  : 

Oct.    18.     Subject:   "  The  Jesuits  in  America." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Frank  R.  Fuller. 
Informal  Talk  by  Mr.  E.  G.  Mason. 

Nov.  15.     Subject:    "The  Indian  in  Literature 
and  Legend." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood. 

Dec.  20.     Subject:      "The    Cavalier    and    the 
Puritan  in  America." 
Paper  by  Miss  Isabel  C.  Gray. 

Jan.    17.     Subject:     "Salem    Witchcraft    and 
Kindred  Delusions." 
Paper  by  Miss  Mary  S.  Nixon. 

Feb.  21.     Subject:    "The  Debt  of  America  to 

Franklin." 

Paperhy  Mrs.  Henry  J.  Willing. 
Mar.  20.     Subject:  "  Negro  Folk-Lore." 

Paper  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Head. 

Apr.  17.     Subject:      "  Heralds    of     the    Anti 
Slavery  Movement." 
Paper  by  Miss   Margaret   Fur- 

NESS. 


Apr.  24.     Evening  Meeting. 

Miss   Lilian  Bell  read   extracts 
from  her  stories 

"Step-fatherhood  "  and  "  The  Un- 
derside of  Things." 
Songs  by  Miss  Day  and  Mrs.  Chap- 
PELL. 

Piano,  the  Misses  Hale. 
Held  at  the  Virginia. 

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Provided  by  the  Miscellaneous  Committee  : 

Nov.     1.     Subject :    "  Scraps    from    French 
Letters, " 
Paper  by  Miss  Hkai^y. 

Dec.     6.    Subject:  ''Q,h:\\iWii^:' 

Paper  by  Mrs.  C.  C.  CuRTiss. 

Jan.      3.     Subject:  "Japan  of  To-day," 

Paper    by    Mrs.    Frederick    S. 
Winston. 

Feb.     7.     5«<!(^y<?c/!,-  "Value  of  Nature  Study." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  J.  V.  Farweli*,  Jr. 

Mar.     6.     Subject:  "  The  Dignity  of  Ivabor." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Arthur  T.  Ai^dis. 

Mar.  27.     Subject:  "  Evolution  of  the  Dance." 
With  musical  illustrations. 
Paper    by    Mrs.    Frederick    S. 
C001.IDGE. 

Held  at   the  residence  of  Mrs.  F. 
S.  Winston. 

May     1.     Subject:  "  Evolution  of  the  Dance." 
With  musical  illustrations. 
Paper    by    Mrs.    Frederick    S. 
Cooi<iDGB. 
Held  at  the  Ontario. 


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BOARD   OF   MANAGERS    1896-1897 

Officers  : 

president : 

Miss  Caroline  Kirki.and. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  DuNi^AP  Smith. 

2d,  Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin. 

RECORDING   SECRETARY: 

Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood. 
CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY : 

Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes. 

TREASURER : 

Miss  Cora  B.  \Vii,i,iams. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE: 
MEMBERS  AT  LARGE : 
Mrs.  Hhrmon  B.  Buti^er, 
Miss  Bertha  Ray. 

LITERARY  DEPARTMENT : 
Miss  L,ii,iAN  Bell,  Chairman. 

Miss  Mary  S.  Nixon,  Vice-Chairman. 

MUSIC  AND  ART  DEPARTMENT  : 
Mrs.  Frederick  S.  Coolidge,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Waller,  Jr.,  Vice-Chairman. 

ECONOMICS  DEPARTMENT 
Miss  WiTHROW,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  George  S.  Isham,  Vice-Chairman. 


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Standing  Committees  1896-1897 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Hermon  B.  Butler,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  James  Houghteling, 
Mrs.  Arthur  T.  Aldis, 
Miss  Dora  Seeberger, 

Mrs.  Iv.  Hamilton  McCormick. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  RUTHVHN  Deane, 
Miss  IvOUISE  Troost. 


SCHEME  1896-1897 

Oct.    16.     Subject :  "  Self-revelation  in  Litera- 
ture." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  H.  C.  ChaTfield- 
Taylor. 

Nov.     6,     .S'?^<^>^/.' "A  Group  of  Songwriters." 
Paper  by  Miss  Jennie  E.  Cox. 

Nov.  20.     Subject:  "Education  in  Recreation." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  E.  J.  Martyn. 

Dec .    4 .     Sn bject ;  "The  New  Olympic  Games . ' ' 
Paper  by  Mrs.  J.  M.  EwEN. 

Dec.  18.     Subject:  "The  Effect  of  Child  Litera- 
ture Upon  Children  " 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Abby  F.  Ferry. 

Jan,      8.     Subject:    "Every   Day  Life  of  the 
Puritans." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  N.  H.  Blatchford. 

Jan.    22.     Subject:  "  The  Expression  of  Ameri- 
can Life  in  Architecture." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Wili^iam  A.  Otis. 

Feb.    5.     Subject:  "  Our  Present  Relations  w4th 
England." 
Paper  by  Miss  Bertha  Ray. 


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Feb.  19.  Subject:  "Ancient  Manuscripts  and 
Missals  in  the  Newberry  Library." 
Illustrated  by  rare  volumes  from 
the  Library  Museum. 
lufot'mal  Talk  by  Mr.  John  Vance 
Cheney. 

Mar.    5.     Subject:    "The  Development  of  the 
Orchestra." 
Paper  by  Miss  Mary  B.  Hale. 

Mar.  19.     Subject:   "  The  Value  of  the  Beauti- 
ful." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  CharleS  H  BesIvY. 

Apr.     2.     Subject:     "The    Poet    Laureate    of 
America." 
Paper  by  Miss  Dora  Seeberger. 

Apr.  23.     Subject:    '  Philistinism  in  Art." 

Paper  by  Miss  Ei.isabETh  F.  Ris- 
skr. 

May    7.     Subject:    "Short    Studies    of    Great 
Educators  " 
Papers  by 

Miss  Edith  Healy,  "  Rousseau." 
Mrs.  F.  S.  Churchill,  "Froebel." 
Miss  C.  R.  Trowbridge,  "  Rich- 
ter." 

Mrs.  Emmons  Blaine,  "Herbert 
Spencer." 

Mrs.  Slason  Thompson,  "Thomas 
Arnold." 

"  Pestalozzi." 
Read  by  Mrs.  BentlEY. 


May  14.     Evening  Meeting. 

Essay  by  Mr.  Franklin  H  Head. 

"Methods  of  Browning's  Work  as 

illustrated  by  his  Poem,  Ivan  Ivan- 

ovitch." 

Songs  by  Miss  Hearding. 

Mrs.  Crosby  Adams  at  the  Piano. 


BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1897-1898 

Officers  ; 

president : 

Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Miss  Ei^izABETH  Head, 

2d,  Mrs.  Si^ASON  Thompson. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY : 
Mrs.  MuRRY  Nelson,  Jr. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY: 
Mrs.  SamuEi,  a.  IvYnde. 

TREASURER : 

Mrs.  George  S.  Payson. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  : 
MEMBER  AT  LARGE: 

Miss  Mary  S.  Nixon. 

LITERARY  DEPARTMENT: 
Mrs.  J.  Dorr  Bradley,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  Edward  A.  Harriman,  Vice-Chairm'n. 

FINE  ARTS  DEPARTMENT : 
Miss  Jennie  E.  Cox,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  Chas.  McGenniss,  Vice-Chairman. 

ECONOMICS  DEPARTMENT : 
Mrs.  Arthur  T.  Aldis,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Frank  S.  Churchill,  Vice-Chairman. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE : 

Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  Chairman. 

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Standing  Committees  1897-1898 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  WiLWAM  H.  Hubbard, 
Mrs.  DuDi^EY  Winston, 
Miss  M.  K.  Jones, 

Mrs.  Robert  A.  Waller. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE : 

Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lynde,  Chairman. 
Miss  Edith  Healy, 
Miss  Anna  Williams. 


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SCHEME   FOR   1897-1898 

Oct.    15.     Subject:    "An   African    Explorer — 
Joseph  Thompson." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Chas.  H.  FerRY. 
Talk  by  Mr.  Barbour  Lathrop. 

Nov.    5.     Subject:  "  William  Morris. " 

Papet  by  Mrs.  RussEi.iv  Tyson. 

Nov.  19.     Subject:  "  Rugs  of  the  Orient." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Arthur  J   Eddy. 

Dec.     3.     Subject:  "  Personal  Reminiscences  of 

Eugene  Field." 

By  Mr.  SoL  Smith  Russeli,, 
Mr.  Frankein  Head, 
Mr,  Season  Thompson. 

Dec.    17.     Subject:  "Relative  Value  of  Claims 
upon  our  Time." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  E.  B.  McCagg. 

Jan.      7.     Subject:    "Memoirs   of   Madame   de 
Remusat. 
Paper  by  Miss  Edith  Heaey. 

Jan.    21.     Subject:  "  Dolly  Madison." 

Paper:  by  Mrs.  Francis  h..  Saw- 
yer. 


Feb.     4.     Subject:    "An   Afternoon   with   the 
Ignoramus  Club," 
Papers  by 

Miss  C.  R.  Trowbridge;, 
Miss.  I.  C.  Gray, 
Mrs.  J.  M.  EwEN, 
Mrs.  H.  B.  BuTLKR, 
Mrs.  F.  S.  C001.IDGE. 

Feb.  18.     Subject:  "Notes  on  an  Idle  Summer. ' ' 
Paper  by  Mrs.  V.  K.  Spicer. 

Mar.    4.     Subject:  "  Present  State  of  the  Amer- 
ican Journal.     Shall  we  Read  the 
Newspapers?" 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Wm,  S.  Jenks. 

Mar.  18.     Subject  :  "  Valesquez  :  his  Time  and 
his  Influence." 
Paper  by  Miss  Margaret  Enders. 

Apr.    1.     Subject:     "Artistic    Possibilities    of 
Chicago. ' ' 
Paper  by  Miss  L,ucy  Runnelt.s. 

Apr.  15.  Subject:  "  English  Poets  of  To-day.' 
Paper  by  Miss  Elizabeth  L. 
Rowe. 

May     5.     .Sw^jVc;^:  "The  Intellect  and  Emotions 
in  Music." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Hubbard. 


May  13.     Special  Meeting. 

Subject :  "  George  Meredith." 
Paper  by   Miss  Helen   Dawes 
Brown. 

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BOARD   OF   MANAGERS  1898-1899 
Officers  : 

PRESIDENT: 

Mrs.  HoRACB  H.  Martin. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS : 

1st,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Head, 

2d,  Mrs.  Slason  Thompson. 

RECORDING   SECRETARY: 

Mrs.  William  S.  Jenks. 

CORRESPONDING   SECRETARY  : 
Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lynde. 

TREASURER : 

Mrs.  George  S.  Payson. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE: 
CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES  : 

Mrs.  Francis  A.  Sawyer, 
Miss  Jennie  E.  Cox, 

Miss  Dora  Seeberger, 

Mrs.  Hugh  J.  McBirney. 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE: 

Miss  Edith  Healy, 

Mrs.  Charles  Atkinson, 

Mrs.  Arthur  J.  Eddy, 

Miss  Lucy  Monroe. 


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Standing  Committees  1898-1899 

literary  committee: 

Mrs.  Francis  A.  Sawyer,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Emmons  BIvAIne, 
Mrs.  James  W.  Scott, 
Mrs.  N.  S.  Davis,  Jr. 

Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes. 

FINE  ARTS   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Jennie  E.  Cox,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Chari.es  McGenniss, 
Mrs.  W.  B.  E.  Shdfeldt, 

Mrs.    WlIvLIAM   BURRY, 

Miss  Margaret  Enders. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE  : 

Miss  Dora  SeEberGER,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  J,  L.  Cochran, 
Miss  Mary  B.  Hai,E, 
Miss  I.  C.  Gray, 

Miss  Mary  D.  Sturges. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  H.  J.  McBirney,  Chairman. 
Mrs,  IvOUis  IvAFLIn, 

Mrs.  Henry  N.  TuTTle, 
Mrs.  RocKWELE  King, 
Miss  Lucy  Runneels, 

PRINTING   COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  Samuee  a.  IvYNDE,  Chairman. 
Miss  Edith  Heaey, 

Miss  Anna  Williams. 

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SCHEME  FOR  1898-1899 

Oct.    21.     Subject:  "  Michael  An gelo." 

Paper  by  Miss  Edith  Healy. 

Nov.    4.     Subject:  "  Robert  Browning. " 

Paper  hy  Mrs.  Chari^es  Atkinson. 

Nov.  18.     Subject:   "  An  Early  Civilization." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  E.  W.  Moore. 

Dec.     2.     Recital  of  Original  Song  Music. 

Composed  by  Mrs.  Wm.  Hubbard 
and  Mrs.  Frederick  Coolidge. 
Sung  by  Miss  Ai^meda  Hodges  and 
]Mrs.     Myrtis     Chandler     Mc- 
Donald. 

Dec.  16.     Subject:  "Metal  Workers." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  L.  Plait  Hunt. 
Tafk  by  Mrs.  Cuyler  on  the  "Re- 
vival of  Enamel  Work  in  London." 

Jan.      2.     Subject:  "Authors  I  Have  Met." 
Paper  by  IMiss  Lilian  Bell. 

Jan.  20.  Address  b}-  M.  Boutet  de  Monvel- 
Paper  and  Harp  Recital  by  Miss 
Putnam. 

Feb.  3.  Subject  :  "Ethics  of  the  Inquisition." 
Paper  by  Miss  Eliza  Stone. 

Feb.   17.     Subject:  "Art  Out  of  Doors." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCor- 

MICK. 


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jMar.  3.  Subject:  "  A  Social  Settlement  as  an 
Expression  of  the  Social  Feeling  of 
To-day." 

Paper  by  Miss  Mary  D,  Sturghs. 
Informal  Talk  by  Miss  McDow- 
Ei,iv. 

Mar.  17.  Subject:  "The  Carlists  and  Their 
Career." 

Paper  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Skin- 
ner. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Francis  Sawyer. 

Apr.  7.  Subject:  "  When  Anne  was  Queen." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Wm.  ShufK1.dT. 

Apr.  21.     Subject:    "A  Bit  of  Europe  in  Chi- 
cago." 
Paper    by    Mrs.     Frederick    P. 

BaGIvEY. 

May     5.     Subject:  "  Glimpses  of  Spain." 

Illustrated    by    stereopticon    with 
original    colored    slides,   by    Miss 
Katharine  Gordon  Breed. 
Held  in  Fullerton  Hall,    Art    In- 
stitute. 


Nov.  15.     "An  Evening  with  Jane  Austen." 

Paper  read  by  Miss  Gray  and 
dramatically  illustrated  by  Miss 
Trowbridge,  Miss  Barnes,  Miss 
Healy  Miss  Herrick,  Mrs.  Nel- 
son, Mrs.  JENKS,  Mr.  HeaTon 
and  Mr   TwoSE. 

Old  Ballads,  sung  by  Miss  AlmEda 
Hodges,  Mrs.  Lynde  at  the  piano. 
Envoy  by  Miss  Harriet  Monroe. 

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BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1899-1900 
Officers  : 

PRESIDENT : 

Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick. 

VICE-PRESIDENT  : 

1st,  Mrs.  Lynden  Evans, 

2d,  Miss  Edith  Healy. 

RECORDING   SECRETARY: 

Mrs.  Charlfs  Atkinson. 

CORRESPONDING   SECRETARY : 

Mrs.  Moses  Wentworxh. 

TREASURER: 
Miss  Cora  B.  Wir.i,iAMS. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE  : 
CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES  : 

Mrs.  James  B.  Waller,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Francis  King. 
Miss  Lucy  Runnells, 

Miss  Margaret  Enders. 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE : 

Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin, 
Mrs.  Lawrence  Williams, 
Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lynde, 
Miss  Elizabeth  Head. 


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Standing  Committess  1899-1800 

literary  committee  : 
Mrs.  James  B.  Wai:,i.er,  Jr.,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Arthur  J.  Eddy, 
Mrs.  Louis  K.  Lafi^in, 
Mrs.  Slason  Thompson, 
Miss  ISABEiv  C.  Gray. 

FINE  ARTS  COMMITTEE : 
Mrs.  Francis  King.  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Charles  B.  McGenniss, 
Mrs.  Chari.es  Walker, 
Mrs.  Robert  Herkick, 
Mrs.  Charles  Hodges. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE: 
Miss  IvUCY  RuNNELLS,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith, 

Mrs.  Heyliger  de  Windt, 
Mrs.  Arthur  Farweli<, 
Miss  Mary  D.  Sturges. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Miss  Margaret  Enders,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  William  Burry, 
Mrs.  Chester  Dawes, 
Mrs.  Rockwell  King, 
Miss  Jennie  Cox. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Moses  J.  Wentworth,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Lynden  Evans, 
Miss  Anna  Williams. 

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SCHEME  1899-1900 

Oct.    20.     Subject:  "Duels  Famous  in  Histor}- 
and  Romance." 
Paper  by  Miss  Maud  Hambleton. 

Nov.  3.  Subject :  "  The  Cry  of  the  Children." 
Program  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Dunlap 
Smith,  assisted  by  Judge  Tuthii,!, 
and  Mrs.  A.  P.  Stevens. 

Nov .  17 .     Subject :   ' '  India  of  To-day . ' ' 

Paper  by  Mrs,  Bryan  LaThrop. 

Dec.  1.  Subject:  •' French  Art  of  the  Exposi- 
tion of  1900." 

Paperhy  Miss  Mary  C.  Wheeler. 
of  Providence,  R.  I. 
Piano   Solo   by   Mrs.    Frederick 
COOI^IDGE. 

Songs  by  Mrs.  Stephen  Foster. 

Dec.  15.     Subject:     "Diaries" 

Paper  by  Miss  Car  a  Durkee. 

Jan.     5.     Subject :   "  The  Old  and  New  Educa- 
tion." 
Paper    by    Mrs.     Heyi.iger     de 

WiNDT. 

Talk  on  the  "Henry  George  Re- 
public," by  Miss  TheodaTE 
Smith,  of  Augusta,  Maine. 

Jan.  19.     Subject:  "  A  Week  in  Touraine." 
Illustrated  by  stereopticon  views. 
Paperhy  Mrs.  Cyrus  Benti,ey,  Jr. 


Feb.     2.     Subject:  "A  Day  with  the  Poets." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Mimvard  Adams. 

Feb.  16.  Subject:  "Boss  Rule  in  Athens  and 
Rome." 

Paper  by  Miss  Jui^iE  R.  Adams. 
Address    by    Mrs.    John    Haves 
Hammond    upon    her    "  Personal 
Experiences  in  the  Transvaal." 

Mar.    2.     Subject:  "  Influence  of  Athletics  and 
Country  Clubs  upon  the  Home. ' ' 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Nathan  S,  Davis,  Jr. 

Mar.  16.  Subject:  "A  Music  Student  in  Paris." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Stephen  A.  Fos- 
ter. 

Apr.    6.     Subject:    "  Walter  Savage  Landor,  a 
Poet  for  the  Poets." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Mars- 

TON. 

Apr.   20.     Sitbject;  "The  Relation  of  Literature 
to  the  Public  Welfare." 
Paper  by  Miss   Grace   Wither- 

SPOON. 

May  4.  Subject:  "  Life  on  a  Southern  Planta- 
tion." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Sidney  F.  An- 
drews. 

Negro  Melodies  sung  by  Mrs.  An- 
drews, assisted  by  Messrs.  Fen- 
tress. 

"  The  Coon  Song,"  by  Paui.  Law- 
rence   Dunbar,    sung    by     Mr. 
Chas.  E.  Rodon. 
Mrs.  Hubbard  at  the  piano. 
Held     at  the    Chicago   Historical 
Society. 

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BOARD    OF   INIANAGERS   1900-lSOl 

Officers  : 

president: 
Miss  Edith  Healy. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  Arthur  T.  Aldis, 

2d,  Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY : 

Mrs.  Charles  Atkinson. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY  : 

Miss  Mary  D.  Sturges. 

TREASURER : 

Miss  Cora  B.  Williams. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE  : 
CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES  : 

Mrs.  Francis  S.  Norton, 
Mrs.  Arthur  J.  Eddy. 
Miss  LuDA  Wells, 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Besly. 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE: 

Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick, 
Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin, 
Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lynde, 

Mrs.  Lawrence  Williams. 


STANDING  Committees  1900-1901 

Literary  coMxMITtee  : 

Miss  Frances  S.  Norton,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Hermon  b.  Butler, 
Mrs.  Lynden  Evans, 
Mrs.  George  Payson, 

Miss  Grace  Witherspoon. 

FINE  ARTS  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Arthur  J.  Eddy,  Chairman. 

Mrs  William  H.  Hubbard, 

Mrs.  Louis  E.  Laflin, 

Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Marston, 
Miss  Maud  G.  Hambleton. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE  : 

Miss  LUDA  Wells,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Moses  J.  Wentworth, 
Mrs.  John  D.  Kales, 

Miss  Katharine  Head, 
Miss  IvOUiSE  S.  Troost. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Besly,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  C.  C.  CuRTiss, 

Mrs.  Henry  Hooper, 
Mrs.  E.  B.  McCagg, 

Miss  Margaret  Enders. 

PRINTING   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Mary  D.  SturgES,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lynde, 

Mrs.  Moses  J.  Wentworth. 

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SCHEME  1900-1901 

Oct.    19.     Subject :  "  Impressions  of  the  Grand 
Palais  des  Beaux  Arts." 
Informal    Talk     by    Mr.    Racph 

Cl<ARKSON. 

Nov.  2.  Subject:  "The  Relation  of  Lyric 
Poetr}'  to  Song  Writers  in  Ger- 
many." 

Paperhy  Miss  Margaret  Enders 
Song  Illustrations  by  Miss  Jui^ia 
Heinrichs. 

Nov.  16.  Subject:  "In  Defense  of  Amateur 
Entertainments. ' ' 
Paper  by  Miss  Mary  S.  Nixon. 
Play:  "  An  Amateur  Rehearsal," 
written  by  Mrs.  Chas.  T.  Atkin- 
son ;  performed  by  Mrs.  Spickr, 
Mrs.  Sawyer,  Miss  Nixon,  Mrs. 
Atkinson. 

Dec.     7.     Subject:  "  Some  Phases  of  the  Paris 
Exposition  of  1900." 
Speakers  :    Mrs.    Cyrus    McCor- 
MiCK,   Miss  Jane  Addams,    Mrs. 
Mix, WARD  Adams. 

Dec.  21.     Subject:  "Christmas  Music." 

Paper  by  Miss  LouiSH  S.  Troost, 
Christmas   Carols    and    Songs   by 
Choristers  of  St.  Peter's  Church. 
Solo  by  IvOUiS  Klein. 

Jan.  4.  5'z(!5;VcA- "A  Day  of  American  Types." 
Papers  by  Mrs.  Laflin,  Miss  Bry- 
an, Miss  Ranney,  Mrs.  HOUGH- 
TEI.ING. 

Mr.  F.  H.  Spearman  read  an 
original  story  on  Western  Life. 

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Jan.    18.     Subject:  "Art    and    Inspiration    of 
Mountain  and  Plain." 
Speaker:  Mr.  Edward  Kemeys. 

Feb.     1.     Subject:    "  The  Passing  of  Kipling." 
Paper    by   Mrs.   KeIvI^ogg    Fair- 


Feb.  15.     Subject:    "The  Art  of    Book-Bind- 
ing." 

Paper  by  Miss  EIvIZABETh  F.  Ris- 
SER. 

Mar.    I.     Subject:  "Fiction  and   Stage  of  To- 
day," 

Paper  by  Miss  Katharine  Head. 
Address  by  Mr.  RobhrT  Herrick 
of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

Mar.  15.     Subject:  "  Aboriginal  American  Tex- 
tiles," 
Paper  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  PhiIvLIPS. 

Mar.  29.     Subject:     "Recent    Discoveries    in 
Rome." 

Paper  by  Miss  CoRNEi^iA  R. 
Trowbridge. 

Apr.  19.     Subject:  "  War  Correspondents. " 

Paper  by  Miss  Minnie  W, 
Barnes. 

May     3.     ^z^i^yVri?.-  "  Bird  Lovers' Year." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  John  R.  Case. 
Songs    by   Miss   BerTha   Nixon, 
Mrs.  Stephkn  Foster. 
Pianists:  MissEvERiNGHAM,  Miss 
Nora  Smith. 
Violinist:  Miss  Menefee. 


BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1901-1902 
Officers : 

PRESIDENT : 

Miss  Edith  Hkai^y. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 
1st.  Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood, 

2d,  Mrs.  Arthur  J.  Eddy. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY  : 
Miss  Mary  D.  Sturges. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY: 

Miss  Maud  G.  Hambleton. 

TREASURER, 

Miss  Elizabeth  Head. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  : 
CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES: 

Mrs.  Charles  D.  Norton, 
Miss  Cara  D.  Durkee, 
Mrs    Kellogg  Fairbank, 
Mrs.   Russi-LL  Tyson*. 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE : 

Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith, 
Mrs.  Louis  E.  Laflin, 
Mrs.  Arthur  T.  Aldis, 
Miss  Luda  Wells. 

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STANDING  Committees  1901-1902 

LITERARY  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Ch ARISES  D.  Norton,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Frank  C.  Farwei^Iv, 
Mrs.  Hugh  J.  McBirney, 

Mrs.  Wii,i,iam  H.  Hqbbard, 
Mrs.  George  A.  Carpenter. 

FINE  ARTS  COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  CA.RA  D.  DuRKEK,  Chairman, 
Mrs.  Si^ASON  Thompson, 

Miss  Cornelia  R.  Trowbridge, 
Miss  Mary  L.  Ranney, 
Miss  Katharine  Head. 

MISCELLANEOUS   COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  KelIvOGG  Fairbank,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin, 
Mrs.  Robert  Herrick, 
Mrs.  N.  S.  Davis,  Jr. 

Mrs.  Susan  Thompson. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Russell  Tyson,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Arthur  L.  Farwell, 
Mrs.  Henry  Hooper, 
Mrs.  Louis  B.  Laflin, 

Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Marston. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE : 
Miss  Mary  D.  Sturgis,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  C.  C.  Curtiss, 

Mrs.  RuThven  Deane. 


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SCHEME   1901-1902 

Oct.   18.     Address  by  Mr.  Joseph  Jefferson. 

Nov.    1.     Subject:  "New  England  Fallacy." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Murry  Nelson,  Jr. 

Nov.  15.     Subject:  "Autobiographies." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Si^ason  Thompson. 

Dec.     6.     Subject:  "Music  as  the  Art  of   the 
Scientific  Age." 
Paper  by  Miss  Nina  Grey  Lunt. 

Jan.  3.  Subject:  "  Robert  Louis  Stevenson." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Chari^es  Atkin- 
son. 

Jan.  17.  ^M/^yV^^.-  "The  Poetry  of  the  Bible." 
Papet  by  Mrs.  Sidney  Andrews. 

Feb.    7.     Subject:  "St.  Valentine." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  A.  A.  Jackson. 

Read  by  Miss  Gray, 

Original    Valentines    written     b}' 

members  and  outside  friends. 

Read  by 

Mrs.  RussEiX  Tyson, 

Mrs.  Wm.  S.  Jenks, 

INIrs.  Horace  Martin, 

Miss  RiSSER, 

Mrs.  Besi.y, 

Mrs.  Carter  Harrison. 

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Feb.  21.     Subject:  "The  Literature  of  Sociol- 
ogy." 
Paper  hy  Miss  Elizabeth  Head. 

Mar.    7.     Subject:    '"  Bric-a-Brac,' a  Medley." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Wii.i,iam  Burry. 

Mar.  21.     Subject :  "  Some  Old  Love  Letters." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Edmund  Burke. 
Apr.     4.     Subject:   " The  Protegee. " 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Horace  Martin. 
Apr.  18.     Subject:  "The  Price  of  Admission." 

Paper  by  Miss  EuzA  STone. 

Read  by  Miss  Gray. 

May     2.     Subject:    "  A  Walking  Trip  in  the 
Alps." 

Illustrated  by  stereopticon  views. 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Chari^es  H.  Bai,d- 

WIN. 

Held  in  the  Bush  Temple  of  Music. 


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A  CHRISTMAS  SURPRISE  PARTY 
Dec.  16th,  1901 


PROGRAM 

I 

PBOPle  I  Have  Known      .     .      Bliss  Nixon 

II 

Songs : 

(a)  Air  de  I'lnfante  (I^e  Cid)       Massenet 

(b)  Whither? Schubert 

(c)  Beat  Upon  Mine  Little  Heart.     Nevin 

(d)  My  Heart  Sings    .     .     .      Chaviinade 

Mrs.  Foster. 

Ill 
Irish  Sketch      .     .     .     ,     .      Mrs.  Hubbard 


IV 


Overheard  in  the  Carette. 

Miss  Katharine  Head 


Enoch  Arden. 

Ein  Melodrame 

with  abject  apologies  to 

Alfred  L,ord  Tennyson  and  Richard  Lord 

Strauss. 

Words  and  Music  by  Miss  Cooi^idge. 


VI 

"MADMESS  OF  PHILIvIPPA." 

Adapted   from   Miss   Daskom   by    Mrs.  Fair- 
bank. 

Cast: 

Phiixippa 3Ttss  Hambleton 

Mara  NTH  A Mrs.  Tyson 

Annib  .........   Mrs.  Chwchill 

Emmy Miss  Trowbridge 

Susie Mrs.  Dunlap  Smith 

Poi,i,Y  .     .     , Mrs.  Nelson 

Edith Mrs.Jenks 

Kate Mrs.  Gott 

Miss  Hunt Miss  Nixon 

Mrs.  R.  B.  M.  Smith     .     .     .  Mrs.  De  Windt 

Miss  Bertha Miss  Strong 

Mrs.  Krippendorf  .     ,     .     .     .    Miss  Troost 


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BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1902-1903 
Officers  : 

PRESIDENT  : 

Mrs.  Frederick  S.  Cooi^idge. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood, 

2d,  Mrs,  George  A.  Carpenter, 

RECORDING  SECRETARY : 

Miss  Maud  G.  Hambleton, 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY  : 

Mrs.  John  D.  Kai.es. 

TREASURER: 

Miss  EuzABETH  Head. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES : 

Miss  Katharine  Head, 
Miss  Edith  Hhai,y, 

Mrs.  Kellogg  Fairbank, 
Mrs.  William  Burry. 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE : 

Mrs.  William  S.  Jenks, 

Mrs.  Moses  J.  Wentworth, 
Mrs.  Wheaton  W.  Augur, 
Mrs.  Henry  Hooper. 


STANDING  Committees  1902-1903 

LITERARY  COMMITTEE  : 
Miss  Katharine  Head,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  George  S.  Isham, 
Miss  Ei^izA  A.  Stone. 
Miss  ISABEi,  Adams, 

Mrs.  Hermon  B.  Butler. 

FINE  ARTS  COMMITTEE  : 
Miss  Edith  Heai^y,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  J.  CI.ARENCE  Webster, 
Mrs.  Lawrence  Wili^iams, 
Mrs.  Chari^es  H.  Besly, 
Mrs.  John  A.  Jameson. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  KELI.OGG  Fatrbank,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Nathan  S.  Davis, 
Mrs.  Robert  Hebrick, 
Miss  Susan  Thompson, 

Mrs.  John  Dorr  Bradi.ey. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE: 
Mrs.  Wili,iam  Burry,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick, 
Mrs.  S.  H.  Pomeroy^ 

Mrs.  George  P.  Fisher, 
Miss  Jane  E.  Cox, 

Miss  Margaret  Enders, 
Miss  M.  S.  Hii.1.. 

PRINTING   COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  John  D,  Kai,es,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Ferry, 
Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lynde. 


SPECIAL  COMMITTEES  1902-1903 

ROOMS   COMMITTEE: 
Mrs.  Moses  J.  Wentworth,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  WlI^LIAM  BURRY, 

Mrs.  Louis  E.  Laflin, 
Miss  Edith  Healy, 

Miss  Maud  G.  Hambi^eton. 

DECORATION  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  Frederick  S.  Cooudge,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick, 
Mrs.  Arthur  T.  Aldis. 


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SCHEME  1902-1903 

Oct.    17.     Subject:     "Tendencies    of    Modern 
Music."      With    musical    illustra- 
tions. 
Paper  by  Miss  Nora  Smith. 

Nov.  7.  Subject:  "The  Children  of  the 
Ghetto." 

Paper  by  Miss  Hbi^EN  McGrKGOr 
Todd. 

Nov.  21.     Subject :  "  Memories  of  R.  ly.  S." 

hi  formal   Talk  by   Mr.    Wili,  H. 

IvOW. 

Songs  by  Mrs.  Stephen  Foster. 

Dec.  5.  5«57><:i'.-  'Victor  Hugo,  1802-1902." 
Paper  by  Miss  Edith  Hhaly. 

Dec.  19.     Subject:    "Influence  of   History  on 
the  Decorative  Arts." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  J.  Ci<arencE  Web- 
ster. 

Jan.  2.  Subject:  "Impressions  of  Egyptian 
Art."  Illustrated  by  stereopticon 
views. 

Paper  by  Madame  BiGOT. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Chari^es  H.  BESLY. 

Jan.   16      Subject:  "The  Art   of   lyiterature  in 
America." 
Paper  by  Miss  Cara  D.  DurkeE. 

Feb.   6.     Original  Short  Story  Competition. 

"Gondolier  or    Dirge,"   by   Miss 

HAMBIvETON. 

"A  Romance  of  Muckross  Abbey," 
by  Mrs.  GlessnER. 
"The  Star  Fairies,"  by  Mrs.  Har- 
rison. 

"Susan    Brown's    Burying,"     by 
Miss  RissER. 


Feb.  20.     A  Debate  :  "  Resolved,  that  Chicago 
is  Provincial," 

Affirmative  :    Mrs.  E.  B.  McCagg, 
Mrs.  Nathan  S   Davis,  Jr. 
Negative  :  Mrs.  J.  M.  Ewen,  Mrs. 
Hermon  B.  Butler. 

Mar.    6.     Letters     from    Our    Foreign    Corre- 
spondents 
Miss  Nixox. 

Mrs,  Hamilton  McCormick, 
Miss  Trowbridge. 

Mar.  20.     Subject:     "Eve,   Viewed   from  the 
Standpoint  of  a  Rib." 
Paper  by   Mrs.    MosES  J.   WenT- 

WORTH. 

Apr.    3.     Subject:  "Grieg." 

Paper  by  Miss  RiSSER. 

Read  by  Mrs.  Atkinson. 

Grieg  Songs  by  Mrs.  George  de 

Tarnowsky  and  Mrs.  NelliE 

Bangs  de  Pue. 

Miss  Anderson  at  the  piano. 

Apr.  17.     Subject:      "The   Evolution  of    Our 
Fictitious  Monopoly." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  John  A.  Jameson. 

May    1.     Subject:     "The    Value    of    Modern 
Books." 

Papers    from   Viewpoint 
of  Publisher,  Miss  LucY  Monroe, 
of  Public,  Mrs.SLASON  Thompson, 
of  Author,  Mr.  I.  K.  Friedman. 


Feb.  11.     Special  Meeting. 

"  Cycle  of  Browning  Songs." 
By  Mrs.  F.  S.  CoolidgE' 
Sung  by    Mrs.    Harry  L.    Wil- 
liams. 


BOARD  OF  MANAGEPvS  1903-1904 

Ofp^icers  ; 

president : 
Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  W11.1.IAM  S.  JSNKS, 

2d,  Mrs.  Ghorge  A.  CarpEntei 

RECORDING  SECRETARY : 
Mrs.  Chari,es  H.  Baldwin. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY: 

Mrs.  John  D.  Raises. 

TREASURER: 

Mrs.  James  W.  Scott. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE: 
CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES  : 

Mrs.  Robert  Herrick, 

Miss  Maud  G.  HambIvETON, 
Mrs.  J.  M.  EwEN, 

Mrs.  WiLi^iAM  Burky. 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE : 

Mrs.  Wheaton  W.  Augur, 
Mrs.  MoSES  J.  WenTworTH, 
Miss  E1.IZABETH  Head, 

Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin. 


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Standing  Committees  1903-1904 

literary  committee  : 
Mrs.  Robert  Herrick,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  J.  Dorr  Bradley, 

Mrs.  KEI.I.OGG  Fairbank, 
Mrs.  J.  CI.ARENCE  Webster 
Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin. 

FINE  ARTS  COMMITTEE  : 
Miss  Maud  G.  Hambi,eton,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Samuel  R.  Jewett, 
Mrs.  Henry  Hooper, 
Miss  Edith  Healy, 

Mrs.  John  A.  Carpenter. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE : 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Ewen,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Nathan  S.  Davis,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Hermon  B.  Butler, 
Miss  Louise  Herrick, 

Mrs.  Edward  L.  Ryerson. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  William  Burry,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick, 
Mrs.  C.  K.  Pomeroy, 

Mrs.  George  P.  Fisher, 
Mrs.  J.  V.  A.  Weaver, 

Mrs.  Wheaton  W.  Augur, 
Miss  Jane  E.  Cox. 

PRINTING  COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  John  D.  Kales,  Chairman, 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Ferry, 
Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lynde. 


SCHEME  1903-1904 

Oct.  16.     Subject:  "Recollections  of  the  Chi- 
cago Fire." 

Program  in  charge  of  Mrs.  J.  M. 
EwEN  and  Mrs.  H.  B.  BuTi^ER. 

Nov     6.     Subject:  "  Miracle  Pla3^s." 

Faper  by  Mrs.  ARTHUR  I,.  Far- 
WEI.I.. 

Nov.  20.     Subject:    "Troubadours    and    their 
Music." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Howard  ChappelIv 
Illustrated  by  songs  by  Mr.  hx,- 
BERT  DE  RiEMER,  with  guitar  ac- 
companiment by  Mr.  Wieeiam 
Baxter. 

Dec.     4.     Short  Story  and  Poem  Competition. 
Stories:  "  J'he  Veiled   Lady,"  b}' 
Mme.  Bigot, 

"  The  Unfortunate  Mr.  Blount,"  by 
Mrs.  Aedis. 

"The Calumny— a  Plate  Story,"  by 
Mrs  Horace  Martin, 
Poems:      "  Ballads    of     Unknown 
Birds,"  by  Mrs   Spicer. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Jenks. 
"  O'er   Hill   and   Vale,"    by   Mrs. 
Marston. 

"September  in  the  Adirondacks," 
by  Mrs.  Cooeidge. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Mieward  Adams. 
"  A  Prayer,"  by  Miss  StonE. 

Dec.  18.     Subject :     "  Foreign     Influences    on 
Elizabethan  Drama." 
Paper  by  Miss  Eliza  A.  StonE. 

Jan.     8.     Reception  for  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bernhard 
Berenson. 

Address  ;  "  Portrait  Painting,"  by 
Mrs.  Berenson. 

Original  Songs  by  Mrs.  Hubbard. 
Sung  by  Miss  HaeE- 


Jan.    15.     Subject'.  "Coucerning  the  Education 
of  our  Girls." 
Papers: 

"  Home  Education,"  by  Mrs.  Geo. 
A.  Carpenter. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Butlkr. 
"College  Education,"  by  Mrs.  Rus- 
SELiy  Whitman. 

"Foreign    Education,"    by    Mrs. 
Francis  A.  Sawyer. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Ewen. 

Musical  Program  by  Mrs.  Harry  L. 
Wii,i,iams  and  Miss  Nora  Smith. 

Subject:  "  Russia  and  the  Far  East." 
Paper  by  Miss  Ei^izabeth  F  Ris- 
SER. 

Subject  :  "The  Gaiety  of  Nations." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Wii,i.iam  A.  OTis. 

Subject :    ' '  Eighteenth   Century 
Drama." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  James  L.  Hough- 
TELING. 

Read  by  Mrs.  Slason  Thompson. 

Apr.  15.     Subject:  "Modern  Drama." 

A   Talk  by  Miss  Harriet  Mon- 
roe. 

Apr.  29.     Subject:  "Student  Life  in  a   Book- 
binder's Studio." 
Paper  by  Miss  Emily  Preston. 

May     6.     Swf^jV/:^  ;"  The  Prado  of  Madrid." 

Illustrated  by  Stereopticon  Views. 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Francis  King. 


Feb. 

5. 

Feb. 

19. 

Mar. 

4. 

Mar. 

18. 

BOARD   OF   MANAGERS   1904-1905 
Officers  : 

president: 
Mrs.  James  B.  Wai.i.ER. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  William  S.  Jenks, 

2d,   Mrs.  John  D.  Kales. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY : 

Mrs.  George  S.  Isham, 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY: 

Miss  Cora  B.  Williams. 

TREASURER: 

Mrs.  James  W.  ScoTT. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE: 
CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES  : 

Mrs.  Slason  Thompson, 
Mrs.  Walter  R.  Kirk, 
Mrs.  Nathan  S.  Davis, 

Mrs.  Edward  h.  Ryerson. 

MEMBERS  at  LARGE : 

Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood, 

Miss  Elizabeth  Head, 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Hodges, 
Miss  Isabel  Gray. 

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Standing  Committees  1904-1905 

literary  committee  : 

Mrs.  Slason  Thompson,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin, 
Mrs.  J.  Dorr  Bradi^by, 
Mrs.  William  A.  Otis, 

Mrs.  Chari.es  G.  Fuller. 

FINE  ARTS  COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  Walter  R.  Kirk,  Chairman. 
Miss  Edith  Healy, 

Mrs.  Samuel  R.  JEwett, 
Mrs.  John  A.  Carpenter, 
Miss  Emily  B,  Learned. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE : 
Mrs.  Nathan  S.  Davis,  Chairman. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Head, 
Mrs.  Cyrus  Bentley, 

Mrs.  Kellogg  Fairbank, 
Miss  Eliza  Stone. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  Edward  L.  Rykrson,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  William  Burry, 

Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes, 
Mrs.  Henry  Hooper, 

Mrs.  JosiAH  McRoberts, 
Mrs.  James  C.  Sloane. 

PRINTING   COMMITTEE: 

Miss  Cora  B.  Williams,  Chairman, 
Mrs.  C.  H.  Adams, 

Mrs.  C.  K.  Pomeroy. 


SCHEME  FOR  190-1-1905 

Oct.  21.     Subject:    "  Alphonse    Daudet.     Per- 
sonal Reminiscences." 
Paper  by  Madame  BiGOT. 
Read  by  Miss  Heai^y. 

Nov.    4.     Subject:    "Bernard    Shaw    and    his 
Works." 
Speakers.  Mr.  Arnoi^d  Daly  and 

Mr.  WlI,I.IAM  I^.  HUBBRRD. 

Nov.  18.     Sttbjed :  '  'Art  at  the  St.  lyouis  Fair. ' ' 
Paper  by  Robert  W.  Vonnoh. 
Read  by  Miss  Healy. 
Songs  by 
Mrs.  FrEKR, 
Mrs.  Cai.i.ahan',  and 
Mrs   Upham. 
Mrs.  WooivLEY  at  the  piano. 

Dec.     2.     Short  Story,  Play,  Mouolog,  or  Poem 
Competition. 
Stories  : 
"  Kismet,"  by  Mrs.  MosES  WenT- 

WORTH. 

"On   the   Olive  Slope,"   by  Miss 

Dora  Allen. 

Read  by  Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood. 

"  Suzanne  is   Grateful,"    by   Mrs. 

George  W.  Breck. 

Read  by  Mrs.  Slason  Thompson. 


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Dec.     2.     Play  :  "  The  Gesture  of  Patience." 
{Con.)  by  Mrs.  Jas.  Weber  Linn. 

Read  by  Miss  Rowland. 
Monolog :  "The  Hostess,"  by  Mrs 
Frederick  S.  Coolidge. 
Read  by  Mrs.  \Vii.i,iam  H.  Hub- 
bard. 
Poems:   "The  Winter  Dance,"  and 
"The   Seraph   and   the   Sin,"    by 
Miss  I-lARRmT  Monroe. 
"The     Reindeer's    Lament,"    b}' 
Mrs.  William  A.  Otis. 

Dec.  16.  Subject:  "With  the  Heart  of  a  Nun." 
Dramatic  Poem  by  Mrs.  Arthur 
T.  Aldis,  with  musical  Interpola- 
tions by  Mrs.  William  H.  Hub- 
bard. 

Jan.    L3.     Subject:  "An  Impressionistic  Viev/ 
of  the  American  Woman  and  her 
British  Cousin." 
Paper    by     Mrs.    John    Meiggs 

EWEN. 

Jan.    20.     Subject:    "Modern   Cartoons."     (Il- 
lustrated.) 
Talk    by   Mr.    John  T.    McCuT- 

CHEON. 

Music:    Original    Songs    by    Mr. 
John  Alden  Carpenter. 
Sung  by   Mr.    Henry   Blodgett 
Harvey. 

Feb.     3.     Subject:  "  Henry  James." 

Paper  by  Miss  Cara  D.  Durkee. 
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Feb.  17.     Subject;  "The   Evening    Roast." 

Newspaper,  edited  by  Mrs.  Kfi,- 
I,NGG  PaIRBANK. 

Mar.  11.  Joint  Meeting  with  the  Fortnightly. 
Subject  :  "  The  Lesson  of  Balzac." 
Paper  by  Henry  James. 

Mar.  17.  Subject :  "  Influence  of  Japanese 
Art." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Edwin  Eraser 
GlIvLETTE. 

Music:  Japanese  Songs,  translated 
and  harmonized  by  Mrs.  Gil,i,KTTK 
Sung  by  Mrs.  Harry  Williams. 

Mar.  31.     Subject:  "Parodies." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  JOSEPH  CuRTiS 
Sloane. 

Apr.  14.  Subject:  "  A  Day  in  the  Villa  Dell' 
Aurora." 

Paper  hy  Mrs.  George  W.  Breck. 
Read  by  Miss  DuRKEE. 

May     5.     Musical  Program,  provided  by  Mrs. 
Frederick  S.  Ccolidge. 
Artists,  Messrs.  STEINDL,  BeckER  , 
d'Arn.^lle,  and  Opendorfer. 


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BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1905-1906 
Officers : 

PRESIDENT: 

Mrs.  James  B.  Waller. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS : 

1st,  Mrs.  John  M.  Ewen, 

2d,  Mrs.  Cyrus  BenTley,  Jr. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY: 

Miss  Isabel  Adams. 
CORRESPONDING   SECRETARY : 

Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes. 

TREASURER. 

Mrs.  John  R.  Gott. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE : 
CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES  : 

Mrs.  William  J.  Calhoun. 
Mrs.  Henry  S  Robbins, 

Mrs.  James  L.  HoughTELING, 
Mrs.  Edward  L.  Ryekson, 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE : 

Mrs.  Ira  Couch  Wood, 
Mrs.  DuNLAP  Smith, 
Mrs.  IvYSANDER  Hill, 

Mrs.  Kellogg  Fairbank. 


Standing  Committers  1905-1906 

LITERARY   COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  William  J.  Calhoun,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  James  Weber  Linn, 

Mrs.  J.  Clarence  Webster, 
Mrs.  William  Monroe, 

Mrs.  John  G.  M.  Glessner. 

FINE  ARTS  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  Henry  S.  Robbins,  Chairman, 
Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lyndk, 
Mrs.  George  P.  Fisher, 

Mrs.  William  H.  Hubbard. 

MISCELLANEOUS  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  James  L.  Houghteling,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  MURRY  jSJ^HLSON,  Jr. 
Mrs.  William  A.  OTis, 
Mrs.  H.  A.  DE  WlNDT, 
Mrs.  Joseph  C.  Sloank. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Edward  L,.  Ryerson,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Samuel  Jewett, 

Mrs.  Hugh  J.  McBirney, 
Mrs.  B.  B.  McCagg, 

Mrs.  JOSIAH  McROBERTS, 
Mrs.  Henry  N.  Tuttle. 


SCHEME  1905-1906 

Oct.    20.     Subject:  "  Some  French  Confessions 
and  Memoirs." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  I^ysander  Hii,i,. 

Nov.    3.     Shari  Stories  by   Mrs.   Arthur  T. 
Aldis. 

"  The  River  Picture." 
"An  Uncanny  Scot." 
"Two  Ways." 

Nov.  17.     ^w^^V^/.- "  Metal  and  Metal  Workers- 
An  Historical  Sketch." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  John  Rogers, 
Read  by  Mrs.  SpicER. 
Talk  on  '  'Modern  Art  Tendencies, ' ' 
by  Mrs.  Wynne. 

Dec.     1.     Short  Story,  Monolog  or  Poem  Com- 
petition. 

Poetn%:  "To  a  Friend,"  and 
•'A  Ride,"  by  Miss  Stone. 
"Three  Moments,"  by  IMrs.  A1.DIS. 
"  Dutch  Children  at  Play,"  and 
"  Impatience,"  b}'  Mrs.  Spicer. 
Stories  :  ' '  Some  Hours  in  the  Life 
of    Myra  Avon,"    by    Mrs.  Faik- 

BANK. 

"Nora  Anne,"  by  Miss  RissER. 
Dialog:    "The   Open  Road,"   by 
Mrs.  Calhoun. 


Dec.  15.  Presentation  of  Maeterlinck's  "Ardi- 
ane  and  Barbe  Blue. ' ' 
By  Miss  Adams,  Mrs.  Jenks,  Mrs. 
Al^BERT  KAI.E.S,  Mrs.  DE  WiNDT, 
Mrs.  CHURCHII.L,  Mrs.  FechhEI- 
MER,  Mrs.  NeIvSON,  Mrs.  Jameson. 
Stage  Manager,  Mrs.  Atkinson. 
Music  by   Mrs.   Harry  Iv.   Wii,- 

LIAMS. 

Jan.    5.     ^«^7V^/!  .•  "Villa  Medici. " 

Paper  hy  Madame  Chari.ES  BiGOT. 
Music  by  Signor  TramonTi  and 
Mrs.  Harry  Lee  Wii.i.iams. 

Jan.  19,     Subject;  "Side-lights  on  the  Russo- 
Japanese  War." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Helen  Hyde. 

Feb.    2.     5z^5/<fri!.-  "The  Temptation  of  Eve." 
Paper  by  Miss  Agnes  Reppi^iER. 

Feb.  16.     5w(5y(?^i^ :  "Social  Relations  as  Studied 
in  Recent  Novels." 
"Rich  and  Poor." 
/'a/><?r  by  Mrs.  James  Weber  IvInn. 
"Parent  and  Child." 
Paper  by  Miss  Emily  B.  LarnEd. 
"Man  and  Woman." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Albert  M.  Kales. 

Mar.  2.  Subject:  "Bits  of  Europe  in  Chicago  ' ' 
Paper  by  Miss  Helen  McGregor 
Todd. 

Talks  by  Dr.  Janos  and  Miss  Ger- 
trude IvINDOUIST. 


Mar.  16.     Subject:  "Plant  Secrets." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  V.  K.  Spicer. 

Apr.     6.     5"z^^7>r/f.-  "The  Neglect  of  Poetry." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin. 

Apr.  20.     5«^_;Vr/;  "The  Contemporary  German 
Theatre." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Frank. 
Songs  :    Mrs.  Joseph  N.   Eisen- 

DRATH. 

May    4,     Subject:     "Development    of    Dance 
Forms." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Ira  Couch  Wood. 
Illustrated  by  dancing. 
Poem  :  Miss  Monroe. 
Dance  :  Mrs.  Lou  Wali,  Mocre, 


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BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  1906-1907 

Officers  : 

president : 
Mrs.  John  M.  Ewen. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  Wii^LiAM  J.  Calhoun, 

2d,  Mrs.  Frederic  A.  Dei^ano. 

RECORDING  SECRETARY: 
Mrs.  Mason  Bross. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY : 

Mrs.  Chester  M.  Dawes. 

TREASURER: 

Mrs.  John  A.  Jameson. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE: 

CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES: 

Miss  Ewzabeth  F.  Risser, 
Mrs.  John  A.  Carpenter, 
Mrs,  Vibe  K.  Spicer, 

Mrs   Samuei,  R.  JewETT. 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE : 

Mrs.  James  B.  Wai.i.er, 
Mrs.  Chari^es  C.  Curtiss, 
Mrs.  Frederick  T.  West, 
Miss  Mary  Rozet  Smith. 
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Standing  Committees  1906-1907 

literary  committee  : 

Miss  E1.IZABETH  F.  RisSER,  Chairman. 
Miss  Dora  Aei.en, 

Mrs.  Nathan  S.  Davis, 
Mrs.  George  P.  Fisher, 
Mrs.  Wii.i,iAM  S.  Jenks. 

FINE  ARTS   COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  John  A.  Carpenter,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Kei<i.ogg  Fairbank, 

Mrs.  John  H.  Winterbotham, 
Mrs.  RussEi<i,  Tyson, 

Mrs.  George  A  Carpenter. 

MISCELLANEOUS   COMMITTEE : 

Mrs.  Vibe  K.  Spicer,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  HEYI.1GER  A.  DE  WiNDT, 
Mrs.  MuRRY  Nei^SON, 
Mrs.  Frank  R.  Fuller, 
Mrs.  John  Rogers. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE: 

Mrs.  Samuel  R.  Jewett,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Christina  K.  Pomeroy, 
Mrs.  Henry  N.  TuttlE, 
Mrs.  JosiAH  McRoberts, 
Mrs.  George  S.  Isham, 
Mrs.  John  C.  Black. 


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SCHEME  1906-1907 

Oct.    18.     Subject:  "The  American  Dramatist 
and  his  Audience." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Charles  Atkin- 
son. 

Nov.    2.     Stibjed;  "A  Michigan  Farm." 

Paper  hy  Mrs.  W.  W  Dickinson. 
Read  by  Mrs.  Mason  Bross. 

Nov.  16.     Subject:  "  Personal  Recollections  of 
Felix  Bartholdy  Mendelssohn." 
Talk  by  Prof.  Heinrich  Kafpes 
Music  by  Prof,  and  Mrs.  Steindl. 

Dec.  14.     Short  Story,  Play,  or  Poem  Compe- 
tition. 

Sketch :  ' '  Summer  Days  in  an  Old 
French  Province,"  by  Miss  En- 
DERS. 

"  Mrs.  Phil,"  by  Mrs.  Aldis. 
Story  :  ' '  The  Pretender, ' '  by  Miss 
Allen. 

Read  by  Mrs.  Martin. 
Poem:     "The    Truth,"    by    Mrs. 
Spicer. 

Dec.  21.     Subject:  "  A  Morning  of  Song. " 
Artists  : 

Miss  Minnie  Louise  Bergmann, 
Miss  Eleanor  Schieb, 
Mrs.  Archibald  Freer. 

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Jan.    4.     Travel  Pogram. 
Papers  by 

Mrs.  Edward  J.  Martyn, 
Mrs.  RUSSEI.L  Tyson, 
Mrs.  George  W.  Breck. 
Read  by  Miss  DukkeE. 

Jan.   18.     Subject:  "Chesterton  and  other  Es- 
vSajdsts." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Mason  Bross. 

Feb.    1      Svbjed:    "Personal   Experiences  on 
the  Congo." 
Talk  by  Prof.  Frederick  STarr. 

Feb.  15.     Subject:  "  Life  as  a  Fine  Art." 

Papers  by  Mrs.  Went  worth,  Mrs. 
Linn,  Mrs.  Burke,  Mrs.  G.  A. 
Carpenter. 

Mar.    1.     Subject:   "The   Representative  Wo- 
man of  the  Renaissance." 
Paper  by  Mrs,  Anna  R.  Sheldon. 
Provided  hy  Mrs.  McIi,vaine  and 
Mrs.  Nelson. 

Mar.  15.     Twentieth  Anniversary. 

Papers  :    * '  Reminiscences   of    the 

Founding  of    the  Club,"  by  Mrs. 

C.  H.  McCORMICK. 

"  Then  and  Now,"  by  Miss  Kirk- 

Land. 

"  The  Columbian  Bazaar,"  by  Miss 

M.  S.  Hill. 

"  Fames  Tribiite  to  Children,"  by 

Mrs.  Frank  Fuller. 

"  Some  Birthday  Reflections,"  by 

Mrs.  H.  H.  Martin. 

Poem:  "Looking  Backw^ard,"   by 

Mrs.  Otis. 

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Apr,    5.     Subject:   "Japanese  Woodcuts," 

Paper  by  Mrs.  J.  Ci,arence  Web- 
ster. 

Apr.  19.     Subject :  "Origin  and  Meaning  of  the 
Head-dress." 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Wm.  S.  Jenks. 
Illustrated  in  costume  by 
Mrs,  GoTT,  Mrs.  L-  Wii^liams, 
Mrs.  Wood,  Mrs.  A  Kales,  Mrs. 
Gillette,  Mrs.  Rogers,  Mrs. 
Linn,  Mrs.  J.  C  Webster,  Mrs. 
Atkinson,  Miss  Risser,  Mrs. 
Spicer,  Mrs.  NORCROSS,  Mrs. 
Jenks  and  Miss  Cornelia  Wil- 
liams. 

Mar.    3.     Subject  ;     "From    Evelina    to    Lily 
Bart." 
Paper  by  Miss  Kliza  A.  Stone. 


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BOARD   OF   MANAGERS    1907-1908 
Officers  : 

PRESIDENT : 
Mrs.  John  M.  Ewkn. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS  : 

1st,  Mrs.  Charles  T.  Atkinson, 

2d,  Mrs.  Frederic  A.  Delano. 

RECORDING   SECRETARY: 

Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Lynde. 
CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY  : 

Miss  Cora  B,  Williams. 

TREASURER : 

Mrs.  John  A.  Jameson. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE : 
CHAIRMEN  OF  STANDING  COMMITTEES  : 

Miss  Elizabeth  Head, 
Mrs.  William  A.  Otis, 

Mrs.  William  S.  Monroe, 
Mrs.  Samuel  R.  Jewett. 

MEMBERS  AT  LARGE: 

Mrs.  William  Waller, 

Mrs.  Charles  M.  Walker, 
Mrs.  Ezra  B.  McCagg, 

Mrs.  Frederick  T.  West. 

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Standing  Committees  1907-1908 

literary  committee  : 

Miss  E1.IZABETH  Head,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  George  Packard, 
Mrs.  Horace  H.  Martin, 

Miss  Frances  M.  Bi^atchford, 
Miss  Margaret  Adams. 

FINE  ARTS  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Wii.i,iAM  A.  Otis,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  JAS.  Iy.  HouGHTEI<ING, 
Mrs.  Ira  C.  Wood, 
Mrs.  V.  K.  SpiCER. 

Mrs.  Howard  Van  D.  Shaw. 

MISCELLANEOUS   COMMITTEE  : 
Mrs.  Wii,i,iAM  S.  Monroe,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  J.  CLARENCE  Webster, 
Miss  Dora  Ai,i,en, 

Mrs.  Harry  Iv.  Wii.i,iams. 

SOCIAL  COMMITTEE  : 

Mrs.  Samuei.  R.  JEwett,  Chairman. 
Mrs.  Christine  K.  Pomeroy, 
Mrs.  George  S.  Isham, 
Mrs.  John  C.  Bi,ack, 

Mrs.  IvAWREnce  Wii,liams, 
Mrs.  MosES  Wentworth. 


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SCHEME  1907-1908 

Oct.  18.    Subject:  "  Our  Friend  the  Child." 
Paper  by  Miss  Cara  D.  Durkee. 

Nov.    1.     Subject:  "Why  I  went  to  Prison." 

Address  by  Mrs.  Cobden-Sander- 
SON. 

Nov.  15.     Subject:  "  Lafcadio  Hearn." 

Paper   by  Mrs.    Edwin   F.   Gii,- 
I^ETTE. 

Dec.    6.     Short     Story,     Play,     Monolog      or 
Poem  Competition. 

Dec .  20.     Su bjeci:  ' '  Lady  Dilke . ' ' 

Paper  by  Mrs.  Nathan  Davis. 

Subject;  "  The  New  Chicago." 

Paper  by  Mr.  Edward  Bennett. 

Subject :  ' '  Rossetti . ' ' 
Paper  by  Miss  SEEBERGER. 

Arranged  by  2d  Vice-President. 

' '  The  I/iterary  Sense. ' ' 

Paper  hy  Mrs.  Si,ason  Thompson. 

May    6.     Subject:   "Forgotten    Songs    of    the 
South." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  Charles  Day. 

Mar.  20.     Subject:  "  Normand}^."  Illustrated. 
Paper  by  Miss  Endkes. 

Apr.    3.     Subject:  "  The  Vagabond  Spirit." 
Paper  by  Mrs.  James  KeelEY. 

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Jan. 

3 

Jan. 

17. 

Feb. 

7. 

Feb. 

21. 

Apr.  24.     Subject:  "Children in  Chicago." 
Papers  : 

"Play  Grounds,"  by  Miss  Ai.i.b;n. 
"Courts,"  by  Mrs.  G.  A.  Carpen- 
ter. 
"  Theatres,"  by  Miss  Todd. 

May    1.     Subject :  "Songs  of  Long  Ago." 

Arranged  by  the   Fine  Arts  Com- 
mittee. 

"  New  Songs." 
Paper  hy  Mrs.  Archibai^d  FrkER. 


RESIDENT  MEMBERS  1907-1908 

'01  Adams,  Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  (Emma  J.  Blair) 

155  Rush  Street 
'07  Adams,  Miss  Margaret  530  Belden  Avenue 

'07  AdsiT,  Mrs.  Chari<es  C,  (Bowman  Ashby) 

24  Ritchie  Place 
'93  Ai,DiS,  Mrs.  Arthur  T.  (Mary  Duncan  Reynolds) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'03  Allen,  Miss  Dora  536  North  State  Street 

'87  Atkinson,  Mrs.  Charles  (Martha  Wells) 

2022  Indiana  Avenue 
'92  Augur,  Mrs.  WheaTon  (Nellie  Avery)  34  Astor  Street 
'06  Bass,  Mrs.  John  F.  (Abba  Bailey) 

135  lyincoln  Park  Boulevard 
'98.  Bausher,  Mrs.  Henry  (May  Browning) 

384  La  Salle  Avenue 
'87  BenTley,  Mrs.  Cyrus,  Jr.  (Elizabeth  King) 

157  Rush  Street 
'93  BESLY,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  (Kathleen  M.  Healy) 

399  Ontario  Street 
'01  Black,  Mrs.  John  C.  (Nellie  A.  Clarke) 

9  Walton  Place 
'OO  BlaTCHFORD,  Mrs.  Chakles  H.  (Carita  Tyler  Clark) 

Winnetka,  111. 
'87  BlaTCHFORD,  Miss  Fkances  375  La  Salle  Avenue 

'92  BlaTCHFORD,  Mrs.  Paul  (Frances  Veazie  Lord) 

433  North  Euclid  Avenue,  Oak  Park,  111. 
'07  BOYDEN,  Mrs.  William  C.  (Mabel  Burlingham) 

Winnetka,  111. 
'94  Bradley,  Mrs.  John  Dorr  (Frances  Kales) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'01  Bross,  Mrs.  Mason  (Isabel  Adams)   205  Goethe  Street 

111 


92  Burke,  Mrs.  Edmund  (Alice  A.  Lyon) 

64  Astor  Street 
'87  BuRRY,  Mrs.  Wii^liam  (Jane  L.  King) 

Winnetka,  111. 
'91  Butler,  Mrs.  Hermon  B.  ( Harriet  Jessie  Peabody) 

Winnetka,  111. 
'91  Calhoun,  IMrs.  William  J  (Lucy  Monroe) 

397  Erie  Street 
'90  Carpenter,  Mrs.  George  A.  (Harriet  Isham) 

57  Bellevue  Place 
'02  Carpenter,  Mrs.  John  A.  (Rue  Winterbotham) 

1.56  Rush  Street 
'87  Carpenter,  Miss  Nellie  The  Virginia 

'06  Chase,  Mrs.  Samuel  T.  (Mary  Ayer) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'92  ChaTfield-Tayloi!,  Mrs.  H.  C.  (Rose  Far  well) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'S6  Churchill,  Mrs.  Frank  S.  (Lucretia  Mott  Hallowell) 

439  North  State  Street 
'87  CooLiDGE,  Mrs.  Fredericks.  (Elizabeth  Sprague ) 

Pittsfield,  Mass. 
'87  Cox,  Miss  Jane  E.  191  Astor  Street 

'04  Cox,  Mrs.  Rensselaer  Wm.  (Louise  Deshler) 

201  Astor  Street 
'94  CuRTiSS,  Mrs.  Charles  C.  ( Adaline  Louise  Miller) 

110  Astor  Street 
'91  Davis,  Mrs.  Nathan  S.  (Jessie  Hopkins) 

291  Huron  Street 
'87  Davis,  Mrs.  Richard  L.  (Nannie  M.  Lane) 

1211  Maple  Avenue,  Evanston,  111. 
'87  Dawes,  Mrs.  Chester  M.  (Ada  Byron  Lafiin) 

204  Goethe  Street 
'80  Deane,  Mrs.  Ruthven  (Martha  R.  Towner) 

414  North  State  Street 
112 


'05  Dehring,  Mrs.  Charles  (Marion  Whipple) 

Sheridan  Road,  Evanston,  111. 
'87  Delano,  Mrs.  Frederic  A.  (Matilda  Peasley) 

1844  Wellington  Avenue 
'00  Dennis,  Mrs.  George  (Anna  Riley  Bentley) 

52  Walton  Place 
'99  Dickinson,  Mrs.  W.  W.  (Susan  Thompson) 

Hadleigh  Hill,  St.  Joseph,  Mich. 
'06  DuPEE,  Miss  Helen  486  Dearborn  Avenue 

'97  Durkee,  Miss  Cara  D.  2  Banks  Street 

'95  Eddy,  Mrs.  Arthur  J.  (Lucy  Craps  Orrell) 

1455  Sheridan  Road 
'87  Enders,  Miss  Margaret  The  Virginia 

'87  Evans,  Mrs.  Dynden  (Bonnie  Withrow) 

30  Astor  Street 
'93  EwEN,  Mrs.  John  M.  (Grace  Patterson) 

59  Bellevue  Place 
'00  Fairbank,  Mrs.  Kellogg  (Janet  Aver) 

407  North  State  Street 
'87  Farwell,  Mrs.  Arthur  L.  (Katherine  Isham) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'87  Farwell,  Mrs.  Frank  C.  (Fanny  Day) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'87  Ferry,  Mrs.  A.  F.  (Abby  Farwell) 

384  La  Salle  Ave. 
'91  Fkrry,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  (Emily  Dwight  Mansfield) 

183  Lincoln  Park  Boulevard 
'87  Fisher,  Mps.  George  P.  (Julia  Farnsworth) 

144  Astor  Street 
'06  Freer,  Mrs.  Archibald  (Eleanor  Everest) 

112  Lake  Shore  Drive 
'03  Fuller,  Mrs.  Charles  G.  (Isabella  Hunt  White) 

1305  Forest  Avenue,  Evanston,  111. 


'93  Fui<i.ER,  Mrs.  Frank  R.  (Laura  Hayes) 

Winnetka,  111. 
"07  FuRNESS,  Miss  Margaret  417  Orchard  Street 

'87  Garrett,  Mrs.  T.  Mauro  (Ada  Sawj^er) 

301  Ontario  Street 
'04  Giivi,KTTE,  Mrs.  Edwin  Fraser  (Mabel  Hyde) 

149  Lincoln  Park  Boulevard 
'00  GI.ESSNER,  Mrs.  J.  G.  M.  (Alice  Hamliu) 

1706  Prairie  Avenue 
'87  GoTT,  Mrs.  John  R    (Georgiana  Wadsworth) 

135  Lincoln  Park  Boulevard 
'93  Gray,  Miss  Isabei,      Loudon  City  and  Midland  Bank, 
5  Threadneedle  Street,  London,  Eng. 
'01  Hamwne,  Mrs.  John  H.  (Josephine  Mead) 

1621  Prairie  Avenue 
'00  Harrison,  Mrs.  Carter  H.  (Edith  Ogden) 

The  Virginia 
'88  Head,  Miss  Elizabeth  2  Banks  Street 

'93  Herrick,  Mtss  Louise  2018  Prairie  Avenue 

'07  High,  Mrs.  George  Henry  ^Suzanne  Farlin) 

64  Lake  Shore  Drive 
'93  Hill,  Mrs.  Lysander  (Edith  Healy) 

387  Ontario  Street 
'87  Hill,  Miss  M.  S.  628  Dearborn  Avenue 

'87  Hooper,  Mrs,  Henry  (Alice  Arnold) 

10  Astor  Street 
'92  HouGHTELiNG,  MrS-  J.  L.  (Lucretia  T.  B.  Peabody) 

Winnetka,  111. 
'05  Hubbard,  Mrs.  Joseph  (Janet  Watson) 

57  Cedar  Street 
'87  Hubbard,  Mrs.  William  H.  (Susan  C.  Weare) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'87  Isham,  Mrs.  George  S.  (Katharine  Porter) 

488  North  State  Street 
114 


'01  Jameson,  Mrs.  John  Alexander  (Janet  Strong) 

Hubbard  Woods,  111. 
♦96  JENKS,  Mrs,  Wii.i,iam  S.  (Delphine  Gillette) 

137  Lincoln  Park  Boulevard 
'89  JEWETT,  Mrs.  Samuei^R.  (Lucy  McCormick) 

467  North  State  Street 
'87  Jones,  Miss  M.  K.  480  Dearborn  Avenue 

'03  Raises,  Mrs.  Ai^bert  M.  (Anna  Bradley) 

Winnetka,  111. 
'97  Raises,  Mrs.  John  D.  (Gertrude  Jones) 

502  North  State  Street 
'07  KEEI.EY,  Mrs.  JameS  (Gertrude  Small) 

86  Astor  Street 
'98  Kirk,  Mrs.  Walter  R.  (Maud  G.  Hambleton) 

149  Lincoln  Park  Boulevard 
'87  Knott,  Mrs.  Henry  A.  (Isabel  Waller) 

15  Ritchie  Place 
'89  Laflin,  Mrs.  Louis  E.  (Josephine  Knowland) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'87  Landon,  Miss  H.  J.  Winnetka,  111. 

'04  LarnED,  Miss  Emily  B.  The  Virginia 

'07  Lathrop,  Mrs.  Bryan  (Helen  Aldis) 

77  Bellevue  Place 
'91  Lynde,  Mrs.  Samuel  A.  (Nannie  Buell  Pleasants) 

6  Ritchie  Place 
'97  McBiRNEY,  Mrs.  Hugh  J.  (Mary  Campbell) 

1625  Prairie  Avenue 
'95  McCagg,  Mrs.  E.  B.  (Therese  Davis)  67  Cass  Street 
'87  McCormick,  Mrs.  Cyrus  H.  (Harriet  B.  Hammond) 

321  Huron  Street 
'07  McCormick,  Mrs.  Robert  Hall  (Eleanor  Morris) 

577  North  State  Street 
'87  McGann,  Mrs.  Robert  G.  (Grace  Farwell) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
115 


'03  McIi.VAiNE,  Mrs.  Wii^liamB.  (Jvilia  Murray  LeMoyne) 

Hubbard  Woods,  111. 
'03  McRoBERTS,  Mrs.  Josiah  (Florence  Speed) 

25  Scott  Street 
'98  Mar:ston,  Mrs  Thomas  B.  (Julia  Dale  Ewart) 

126  Cass  Street 
'92  Martin,  Mrs.  Horace  H.  (Florence  Durkee) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'96  Martyn,  Mrs.  E.  J.   (Alice  Taggart) 

556  Division  Street 
'87  Meeker,  Mrs.  George  W,  (Louise  Ackerman) 

135  Astor  Street 
'03  Monroe,  Mrs.  Wii.i.iam  (Anna  Hamill  Clarke) 

56  Astor  Street 
'96  Neeson,  Mrs.  Murry,  Jr.  (Mary  Kilbourn  Brown) 

Hubbard  Woods,  111. 
'07  Newberry,  Miss  Mary  Louise  427  Erie  Street 

'87  Otis,  Mrs.  Wileiam  A.  (Elizabeth  L.  Shackford) 

Winnetka,  111. 
'91  Packard,  Mrs.  George  (Caroline  Howe) 

1922  Barry  Avenue 
'87  Payson,  Mrs.  George  S.  (Josephine  Ryerson) 

88  Astor  Street 
'94  Pomeroy,  Mrs.  C.  K.  (Christina  King) 

307  Huron  Street 
'96  RisSER,  Miss  Eeizabeth  Frewjn  76  Bellevue  Place 
'04  RoBBiNS,  Mrs.  Henry  S.  (Frances  Fuller  Johnston) 

167  Rush  Street 
'00  Rogers,  Mrs.  John  A.  (Elizabeth  Baird) 

Wilmette,  111. 
'87  Ryerson,  Mrs.  E.  L.   (Mary  Pringle  Mitchell) 

31  Banks  Street 
'95  ScoTT,  Mrs.  James  W.  (Caroline  Green'i 

10  Astor  Street 
116 


'87  Seebergkr,  Miss  Dora  3018  Prairie  Avenue 

'06  Shears,  Mrs.  George  F.  (Jessie  E.  Hunter) 

2911  Prairie  Avenue 
'07  Shaw,  Mrs.  Howard  Van  DorEn  (Frances  Wells) 

4837  Ivake  Avenue 
'87  Skintner,  Miss  Elizabeth  100  Rush  Street 

'87  Skinner,  Miss  Frederika  100  Rush  Street 

'87  Smith,  Mrs.  Dunlap  (Harriet  D.  Flow^er) 

177  Lake  View  Avenue 
'92  Smith,  Miss  Mary  Rozet  19  Walton  Place 

'87  Snow,  Miss  Helen  E.  205  Goethe  Street 

'92  Spicer,  Mrs.  V.  K.  (Anne  Tyng  Higginson) 

Kenil worth,  111. 
'88  Street,  Mrs.  Charles  A.  (Rosalind  C.  Larrabee) 

133  Astor  Street 
'97  Stone,  Miss  Eliza  Atkins 

1703  Ridge  Avenue,  Evanston,  111, 
'00  Sturges,  Miss  Lucy  Hale  Elmhurst,  111. 

'88  Sturges,  Miss  Mary  D.  205  Goethe  Street 

'92  Thompson,  Mrs.  Slason  (Julia  Watson) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'01  Todd,  Miss  Helen  McGregor  116  Bunker  Street 

'87  Towner,  Miss  E.  W.  Highland  Park,  111. 

'87  Troost,  Miss  Louise  S.  417  Dearborn  Avenue 

'87  TuTTLE,  Mrs.  Henry  N.  (Fannie  Farwell) 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
'95  Tyson,  Mrs.  Russell  (Sarah  M.  Bradley) 

205  Goethe  Street 
'07  Upton,  Mrs.  Edward  L.  (Marian  Burton) 

Larchmere,  Waukegan,  111. 
'07  Vincent,  Mrs.  George  E.  (Louise  Palmer) 

5737  Lexington  Avenue 
'87  Wadsworth,  Miss  Helen  C.  399  Erie  Street 

•88  Waite,  Miss  Ella  R.  Hull  House 

117 


'89  Walker,  Mrs.  Chari,ks  M.  (Harriet  W.  Warner) 

392  La  Salle  Avenue 
'87  WaIvLER,  Mrs.  James  B.  (Elizabeth  Wallace) 

369  East  Superior  Street 
'93  Wai,i,er,  Mrs.  Robert  A.  (Lina  Todd  Watson) 

1485  Sheridan  Road 
'88  Wai,i,er.  Mrs.  Wnvi,iAM  (Louise  Hamilton) 

40  Banks  Street 
'02  Weaver,  Mrs.  J.  V.  A.  (Anne  Randolph  Tate) 

Hubbard  Woods,  111. 
'01  Webstkr,  Mrs.  J.  Cearknce  (Alice  Lusk) 

27  Bellevue  Place 
'87  Webster,  Mrs.  Lewis  D.  (Ida  Hamlin) 

10  Astor  Street 
'96  Weees,  Miss  Luda  Wheaton,  111. 

'87  Wentworth,  Mrs.  Moses  J.  (Lizzie  S.  Hunt) 

62  Lake  Shore  Drive 
'91  West,  Mrs.  Frederick  T.  (Anna  Ogden) 

613  Division  Street 
'87  Wheeler,  Mrs.  Arthur  D.  (Anna  Holt) 

19  Bellevue  Place 
'87  Wheeler,  Mrs.  Frank  S.  (Emma  Hambleton) 

404  North  State  Street 
'89  Whitman,  Mrs.  Russell  (Alice  Mason  Miller) 

1325  Greenwood  Boulevard,  Evanston,  111. 
'87  Williams,  Miss  Anna  P.  100  Astor  Street 

'87  Williams,  Miss  Cora  B.  100  Astor  Street 

'02  Williams,  Mrs.  Harry  L.  (Virginia  V.  Nichols) 

51  Delaware  Place 
'93  Williams,  Mrs.  Lawrence  (Ad&le  H,  Wheeler) 

45  Bellevue  Place 
'03  WinTerbotham,  Mrs.  John  H.  (Anna  M.  Reynolds) 

369  Chicago  Avenue 

US 


'98  WiTHERSPOON,  Miss  Grace  300  Schiller  Street 

'87  Winston,  Mrs.  Frederick  S.  (Ada  Fontaine) 

576  North  State  Street 
'93  Wood,  Mrs.  Ira  C.  (Alice  H.  Wicker) 

Winnetka,  111. 
'04  Wooi<i,EY,  Mrs.  Ci<arencE  M.  (Harriet  P.  Hale) 

234  I^incoln  Park  Boulevard. 


119 


NON-RESIDENT  MEMBERS  1905-1906 

'97  Andrews,  Mrs.  Sidney  F.  (Mary  W.  Fentress) 

Maxwell  House,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
'93  Bates,  Mrs.  IvINDON  W.  (Josephine  White) 

14  East  Sixtieth  Street,  New  York  City 
'90  Breck,  Mrs   GrorgE  W.  (Katharine  Head) 

Villa  Mirafiori  66  Vis  Nomentana  Rome,  Italy 
'96  Fry,  Mrs.  John  Abiel  (Minnie  W.  Barnes) 

316  West  Eighty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City 
'98  Herrick,  Mrs.  Robert  (Harriet  Peabody  Emery) 

Cornish,  Vermont 
'98  Hodges,  Mrs.  Chari^ES  H.  (Lizzie  K.  Wetmore) 

541  Jefferson  Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich, 
'87  ISHAM,  Miss  A.  E.  Manchester,  Vermont 

'95  Jackson,  Mrs.  A.  A.  (Lucy  Runnells) 

Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'94  King,  Mrs.  Rockweei,  (Lucy  Andrews) 

63  Hawthorne  Place 
'04  Linn,  Mrs.  James  Weber  (Mary  Howland) 
'89  McCoRMiCK,  Mrs.  Hamilton  L.  (Constance  Plumer) 

11  Hertfort  Street,  Mayfair,  London,  Eng. 
'87  Neweei.,  Mrs.  John  E.  (Amy  Carpenter) 

Mentor,  Ohio 
'93  Nixon,  Miss  Mary 

Maquay  &  Co.,  Florence,  Italy 
'99  Ranney,  Miss  Mary  L. 

305  South  Euclid  Avenue,  Pasadena,  Cal. 
'97  Rianhard,  Mrs.  Thos.  McM.  (Elizabeth  L.  Rowe) 

Davis  Avenue,  Livingston,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 
'87  Ryerson,  Miss  Eleanor  Plymouth,  Mass. 

'92  Sawyer,  Mrs.  Frances  Asbury  (Emma  K.  Smith) 

Ocean  View  Avenue,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 


120 


'89  Skekxk,  Mrs.  H.  B.  (Edith  E.  Case) 

116  Gaston  Street  West,  Savannah,  Ga. 
'04  S1.0ANK,  Mrs.  Joseph  Curtis  (Julia  Moss) 

Pottstown,  Penn. 

'99  WiELiAMS,  Mrs.  Harrison  (Katharine  Gordon  Breed) 

125  East  Fifty-seventh  Street,  New  York  City 


121 


HONORARY  MEMBERS 

'89  Adams,  Mrs.  Mii^ward  (Florence  James) 

The  Auditorium 
'03  Bigot,  Madamk  Chari.es  (Mary  Healy) 

387  Ontario  Street 
'87  Chkti,ain,  Mrs.  A.  L.  (Anna  Maria  Edwards) 

1056  Dorchester  Street,  Montreal,  Canada 
'87  French,  Miss  Hannah  K.  249  Goethe  Street 

'87  Henrotin,  Mrs.  Charlies  (Ellen  Martin) 

251  Goethe  Street 
'07  Kirkland,  Miss  Caroi^ine  161  Rush  Street 

'98  Monroe,  Miss  Harriet  56  Astor  Street 

'87  PAI.MER,  Mrs.  Potter  (Bertha  Honore) 

100  Lake  Shore  Drive 


'TpHK  FRIDAY  CLUB  owes  its  inception  to  Mrs.  Charles 
Henrotin,  Mrs.  A.  h.  Chetlain  and  Mrs.  Charles  B. 
Far  well.  The  meeting  for  its  organization,  called  by  indi- 
vidual notification,  was  held  on  Friday,  March  4,  1887,  at 
the  residence  of  Mrs.  Farwell,  99  Pearson  Street.  The  first- 
regular  meeting  was  held  on  Friday,  March  18.  The  first 
enrollment  of  members  was  one  hundred  and  one.  In 
April  eighteen  names  were  added  to  the  original  list. 

In  March,  April,  May  and  June,  the  Club  met  in  the 
homes  of  Mrs.  Farwell  and  Mrs.  H,  H.  Porter.  During  the 
next  three  years  the  meetings  were  held  in  the  parlors  of 
Unity  Church. 

In  October,  1890,  the  Club  moved  to  the  Newberry 
Library,  then  temporarily  occupying  the  building  on  the 
corner  of  North  State  and  Oak  Streets.  When  the  Library 
took  possession  of  its  present  building  on  Walton  Place,  the 
Friday  Club  removed  thither,  on  December  1,  1893,  and  has 
since  remained  there. 


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LIST  OF  MEMBERS 


April  30,  1887 


Adsit,  Miss  Carrie 
Andrews,  Miss  Carrie 
Antisdel,  Miss  O   M. 
Armour,  Mrs.  Allison 
Armour,  Mrs.  William 
Ayer,  Miss  E. 
Blatchford,  Miss  Amy 
Blatchford,  Miss  Frances 
Eowen,  Mrs.  J.  T. 
Erj'an,  Miss  Jenny 
Buel,  Miss  INIary 
Carter,  Miss  Helen 
Carpenter,  Miss  Amy 
Carpenter,  Miss  Nellie 
Chapin,  Miss  Adele 
Chapin,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Chetlain,  Miss  Edith 
Clarke,  Miss  Florence 
Cobb,  Mrs.  Henry  I. 
CovJes,  Miss  S.  F. 
Cox,  Miss  J.  E. 
Cramer,  Mrs.  A.  W. 
Cramer,  Miss  May 
Cutler,  Miss  A.  H. 
Dawes,  Mrs.  Chester  M. 
Davis,  Mrs.  Richard  L. 
Day,  Miss  Fanny 
Deane,  Mrs   Ruthven 
Dickey,  Mrs.  V.  D.  B. 
Dole,  Mrs.  Charles 
Douglass,  INIiss  Mar}' 


Enders,  INIiss  Margaret 
Farwell,  Miss  Fannie 
Far  well.  Miss  Grace 
Farwell,  Mrs.  J.  V.  Jr. 
Fay,  Miss  Lily  V. 
Ferry,  Mrs.  A.  F. 
Field,  Mrs.  Henry 
Fish,  Miss  E.  H. 
Fisher,  Mrs.  George  P.  Jr. 
Flower,  Miss  Harriet  D. 
French,  Miss  Hannah  K. 
Garrett,  Mrs.  T.  Mauro 
Gresham,  Miss  Kate 
Griggs,  Miss  Caroline 
Hammond,  Miss  Harriet  B, 
Hamill,  Miss  Fanny 
Hambleton,  Miss  Emma 
Henderson,  Miss  Grace 
Henderson,  Miss  May 
Hicks,  Miss  O.  H. 
Hill,  Miss  M.  S. 
Hooper,  Mrs.  Henry 
Hubbard,  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Hunt,  Miss  L.  S 
Isham,  Miss  A.  E. 
Isham,  Miss  Katherine 
Jewett,  Mrs.  E.  R. 
Jones,  Miss  M.  K. 
Kellogg,  Miss  Emma 
Kelly,  Miss  Minnie 
Kershavv,  I\Ii5s  Alice 


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Kent,  Miss  Cornelia 
King,  Miss  Elizabeth 
King,  Miss  Jenny  ly. 
King,  Miss  S.  A. 
Kirkland,  Miss  Caroline 
Kirkland,  Miss  Ivouise 
Kimball,  Miss  Eva 
Knott,  Mrs.  H.  A. 
de  Koven,  Mrs.  Reginald 
Ivarrabee,  Miss  R.  C. 
Landon,  Miss  H.  J. 
Martin,  Miss  Maud 
McAvoy,  Miss  Cornelia 
McCormick,  Miss  Anita 
McCormick,  Mrs.  R.  S. 
McClure,  Mrs.  Henry 
Meeker,  Mrs.  George  W. 
Medill ,  Miss  Josephine 
Mulliken,  Mrs.  A.  H. 
Newell,  Miss  Helen 
Nickerson,  Mrs.  R.  C. 
Peasley,  Miss  Matilda 
Porter,  Miss  Katharine 
Porter,  Miss  Olivia  F. 
Prettyman,  Mrs.  William 
Preston,  Miss  Emma  C. 
Ray,  Miss  Bertha 
Rumsey,  Miss  Eliza  V. 
Rumsey,  Miss  Emily  S. 
Ryerson,  Mrs.  E.  L. 
Ryerson,  Miss  Eleanor 


Ryerson,  Miss  Josephine 
Seeberger,  Miss  Dora 
Shackford,  Miss  E.  L. 
Skinner,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Skinner,  MissFrederika 
Skinner,  Miss  Susan  P. 
Snow,  Miss  Helen  E. 
Sprague,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Towner,  Miss  E.  W. 
Troost,  Miss  Louise 
Waller,  Mrs.  James  B.  Jr. 
Wads  worth,  Miss  Helen 
Wads  worth,  Miss  Georgian  a 
Walker,  Miss  Lena 
Walker,  Miss  Marguerite 
Webster,  Mrs.  Lewis  D. 
Wells,  Miss  Martha 
Wheeler,  Mrs.  Arthur 
Whetmore,  Mrs.  A.  C. 
Whitney,  Miss  E.  W. 
Winston,  Mrs.  F.  S. 
Wilson,  Mrs.  J.  R. 
Withrow,  Miss  Bonnie 
Williams,  Miss  Anna 
Williams,  Miss  Cora  B. 
Wilkins,  Miss  A.  H. 

Honorary  Members 
Chetlain,  Mrs.  A.  C. 
Henrotin,  Mrs.  Charles 


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Hn  /iDemoriam 

'87  Annie  Keli^Ey  Armour    April  3,  1890 

'87  EuzABETH  W.  Whitney    December  8,  1891 

'87  Josephine  Medilt<    January  9,  1892 

'91  Harriet  H.  Trowbridge    June  24,  1893 

'88  Lucy  Keep  Isham    July  14,  1894 

'92  E1.IZABETH  Newberry  Jaggard    January  3,  1895 

'95  E1.1.A  L.  Magruder    August  26,  1896 

'90  Grace  E.  Furness    June  21,  1897 

'87  Susan  Skinner  Cramer    January  27,  1899 

'88  HEI.EN  Mii^LER  Moore    April  10,  1900 

'97  Maud  Kei^ley  Warner    February  3,  1903 

'90  Frances  Skinner  Wii.i,ing    May  10,  1904 

'92  lyiLi^iAN  White  Bai^dwin     September  8,  1904 

'87  May  Henderson  Peabody    November  27,  1906 

'91  Bertha  Mandei.1.  de  Windt    July  27,  1907 


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